#A173BE#A173BE

#A173BE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.120 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A173BE
RGB	rgb(161, 115, 190)
HSL	hsl(277, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 39.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 32.09, -32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 45.66, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.0794 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.12 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1213, 23.5567, 51.6653)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A173BE #90BE73

analogous

#7C73BE #A173BE #BE73B5

triadic

#A173BE #BEA173 #73BEA1

tetradic

#A173BE #BE7C73 #90BE73 #73B5BE

square

#A173BE #BE7C73 #90BE73 #73B5BE

split-complementary

#A173BE #B5BE73 #73BE7C

monochromatic

#633A7D #844DA6 #A173BE #BD9DD1 #D9C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A173BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#A173BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A173BE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A173BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A173BE	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6583C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a173be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 115, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.120 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9cd2',
    500: '#a173be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a173be;
$custom-light: #be9cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a173be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.8,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63052,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A173BE

secondary

#C3D5B8

accent

#CD5B87

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A173BE

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

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