#A172E7#A172E7

#A172E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.172 H 300.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172E7
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 231)
HSL	hsl(264, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 50.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 42.27, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 67.64, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.0866 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.172 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1357, 25.3810, 78.6338)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172E7 #B8E772

analogous

#727DE7 #A172E7 #DC72E7

triadic

#A172E7 #E7A172 #72E7A1

tetradic

#A172E7 #E7727D #B8E772 #72E7DC

square

#A172E7 #E7727D #B8E772 #72E7DC

split-complementary

#A172E7 #E7DC72 #7DE772

monochromatic

#6020BE #7E3EDE #A172E7 #C4A6F0 #E7DBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A172E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#A172E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172E7

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172E7	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A8AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5689E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9388A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.172 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09cef',
    500: '#a172e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172e7;
$custom-light: #c09cef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.103,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65064,
    "c": 0.17219,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172E7

secondary

#DEEDC8

accent

#D31386

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172E7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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