#A173BB#A173BB

#A173BB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.116 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A173BB
RGB	rgb(161, 115, 187)
HSL	hsl(278, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 38.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 31.43, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 44.12, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.0787 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.116 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7968, 23.4269, 49.9562)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A173BB #8DBB73

analogous

#7D73BB #A173BB #BB73B1

triadic

#A173BB #BBA173 #73BBA1

tetradic

#A173BB #BB7D73 #8DBB73 #73B1BB

square

#A173BB #BB7D73 #8DBB73 #73B1BB

split-complementary

#A173BB #B1BB73 #73BB7D

monochromatic

#623B79 #844FA2 #A173BB #BD9CCF #D8C5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#A173BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#A173BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A173BB

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A173BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A173BB	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6682BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a173bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 115, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.116 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9ccf',
    500: '#a173bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a173bb;
$custom-light: #be9ccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a173bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62909,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A173BB

secondary

#C1D3B7

accent

#CB5D85

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A173BB

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

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