#A172EC#A172EC

#A172EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.178 H 299.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172EC
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 236)
HSL	hsl(263, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(263, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 51.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 43.51, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 70.25, 308.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% 0.087 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.178 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8519, 25.6675, 82.4061)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172EC #BDEC72

analogous

#7280EC #A172EC #DE72EC

triadic

#A172EC #ECA172 #72ECA1

tetradic

#A172EC #EC7280 #BDEC72 #72ECDE

square

#A172EC #EC7280 #BDEC72 #72ECDE

split-complementary

#A172EC #ECDE72 #80EC72

monochromatic

#5E1BC9 #7D3CE5 #A172EC #C5A8F3 #E9DEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A172EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A172EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172EC

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172EC	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#458BF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#528AE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918AA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.178 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09cf3',
    500: '#a172ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172ec;
$custom-light: #c09cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.115,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65357,
    "c": 0.17835,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172EC

secondary

#E1EFCB

accent

#D80D8A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172EC

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

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