#A172EA#A172EA

#A172EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.176 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172EA
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 234)
HSL	hsl(264, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 51.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 43.01, -54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 69.21, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.0869 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.176 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5630, 25.5519, 80.8844)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172EA #BBEA72

analogous

#727FEA #A172EA #DD72EA

triadic

#A172EA #EAA172 #72EAA1

tetradic

#A172EA #EA727F #BBEA72 #72EADD

square

#A172EA #EA727F #BBEA72 #72EADD

split-complementary

#A172EA #EADD72 #7FEA72

monochromatic

#5F1DC4 #7D3DE2 #A172EA #C5A7F2 #E8DDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A172EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A172EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172EA

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172EA	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#478AEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5489E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9289A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.176 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09cf1',
    500: '#a172ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172ea;
$custom-light: #c09cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65239,
    "c": 0.17588,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172EA

secondary

#E0EECA

accent

#D60F88

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172EA

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

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