#A173BD#A173BD

#A173BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.119 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A173BD
RGB	rgb(161, 115, 189)
HSL	hsl(277, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 39.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 31.87, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 45.14, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63% 0.0792 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.119 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0124, 23.5132, 51.0917)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A173BD #8FBD73

analogous

#7C73BD #A173BD #BD73B4

triadic

#A173BD #BDA173 #73BDA1

tetradic

#A173BD #BD7C73 #8FBD73 #73B4BD

square

#A173BD #BD7C73 #8FBD73 #73B4BD

split-complementary

#A173BD #B4BD73 #73BD7C

monochromatic

#633A7B #844EA5 #A173BD #BD9DD1 #D9C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A173BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#A173BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A173BD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A173BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A173BD	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6583C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a173bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 115, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.119 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9cd1',
    500: '#a173bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a173bd;
$custom-light: #be9cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a173bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63004,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A173BD

secondary

#C2D4B8

accent

#CC5C86

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A173BD

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

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