#A172F2#A172F2

#A172F2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.186 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A172F2
RGB	rgb(161, 114, 242)
HSL	hsl(262, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 52.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 45.00, -57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 73.38, 307.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0873 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.186 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7383, 26.0221, 87.0744)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A172F2 #C3F272

analogous

#7283F2 #A172F2 #E172F2

triadic

#A172F2 #F2A172 #72F2A1

tetradic

#A172F2 #F27283 #C3F272 #72F2E1

square

#A172F2 #F27283 #C3F272 #72F2E1

split-complementary

#A172F2 #F2E172 #83F272

monochromatic

#5B14D6 #7C3AED #A172F2 #C6AAF7 #ECE2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A172F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A172F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A172F2

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A172F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A172F2	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F8CF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D8AEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a172f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 114, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.186 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19cf7',
    500: '#a172f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a172f2;
$custom-light: #c19cf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a172f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.031,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65717,
    "c": 0.18569,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A172F2

secondary

#E5F2CE

accent

#E00690

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A172F2

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

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