#A173BC#A173BC

#A173BC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.117 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A173BC
RGB	rgb(161, 115, 188)
HSL	hsl(278, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 38.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 31.65, -31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 44.63, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.0789 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.117 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9042, 23.4699, 50.5220)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A173BC #8EBC73

analogous

#7D73BC #A173BC #BC73B3

triadic

#A173BC #BCA173 #73BCA1

tetradic

#A173BC #BC7D73 #8EBC73 #73B3BC

square

#A173BC #BC7D73 #8EBC73 #73B3BC

split-complementary

#A173BC #B3BC73 #73BC7D

monochromatic

#633A7A #844EA4 #A173BC #BD9CD0 #D9C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#A173BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#A173BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A173BC

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A173BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A173BC	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)

#6683BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7186BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a173bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 115, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.117 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9cd0',
    500: '#a173bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a173bc;
$custom-light: #be9cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a173bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.808,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62956,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A173BC

secondary

#C2D4B7

accent

#CB5C85

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A173BC

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

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