#A172EB#A172EB

#A172EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.177 H 299.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172EB
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 235)
HSL	hsl(263, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(263, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 51.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 43.26, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 69.73, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0869 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.177 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7071, 25.6096, 81.6431)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172EB #BCEB72

analogous

#727FEB #A172EB #DD72EB

triadic

#A172EB #EBA172 #72EBA1

tetradic

#A172EB #EB727F #BCEB72 #72EBDD

square

#A172EB #EB727F #BCEB72 #72EBDD

split-complementary

#A172EB #EBDD72 #7FEB72

monochromatic

#5E1CC6 #7D3CE3 #A172EB #C5A8F3 #E8DDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A172EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#A172EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172EB

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172EB	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#468AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#538AE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9289A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.177 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09cf2',
    500: '#a172eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172eb;
$custom-light: #c09cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.306,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65298,
    "c": 0.17711,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172EB

secondary

#E0EFCA

accent

#D70E89

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172EB

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

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