#A172EF#A172EF

#A172EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.182 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172EF
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 239)
HSL	hsl(263, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(263, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 52.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 44.25, -56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 71.82, 308.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0872 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.182 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2915, 25.8433, 84.7209)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172EF #C0EF72

analogous

#7282EF #A172EF #E072EF

triadic

#A172EF #EFA172 #72EFA1

tetradic

#A172EF #EF7282 #C0EF72 #72EFE0

square

#A172EF #EF7282 #C0EF72 #72EFE0

split-complementary

#A172EF #EFE072 #82EF72

monochromatic

#5D18CF #7C3BE9 #A172EF #C6A9F5 #EAE0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A172EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#A172EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172EF

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172EF	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#428BF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F8AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908AA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.182 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09cf5',
    500: '#a172ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172ef;
$custom-light: #c09cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.56,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65536,
    "c": 0.18202,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172EF

secondary

#E3F1CC

accent

#DC0A8D

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172EF

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

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