#A172E9#A172E9

#A172E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.175 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172E9
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 233)
HSL	hsl(264, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 51.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 42.77, -53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 68.69, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0868 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.175 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4198, 25.4946, 80.1299)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172E9 #BAE972

analogous

#727FE9 #A172E9 #DC72E9

triadic

#A172E9 #E9A172 #72E9A1

tetradic

#A172E9 #E9727F #BAE972 #72E9DC

square

#A172E9 #E9727F #BAE972 #72E9DC

split-complementary

#A172E9 #E9DC72 #7FE972

monochromatic

#5F1EC2 #7E3DE1 #A172E9 #C4A7F1 #E8DCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A172E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A172E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172E9

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172E9	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#488AED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5589E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9289A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.175 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09cf0',
    500: '#a172e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172e9;
$custom-light: #c09cf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.697,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6518,
    "c": 0.17465,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172E9

secondary

#DFEEC9

accent

#D51087

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172E9

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

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