#A173C9#A173C9

#A173C9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.133 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A173C9
RGB	rgb(161, 115, 201)
HSL	hsl(272, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 42.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 34.57, -37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 51.34, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0815 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.133 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3692, 24.0559, 58.2377)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A173C9 #9BC973

analogous

#7673C9 #A173C9 #C973C6

triadic

#A173C9 #C9A173 #73C9A1

tetradic

#A173C9 #C97673 #9BC973 #73C6C9

square

#A173C9 #C97673 #9BC973 #73C6C9

split-complementary

#A173C9 #C6C973 #73C976

monochromatic

#64368C #8347B8 #A173C9 #BF9FDA #DCCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#A173C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#A173C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A173C9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A173C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A173C9	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F85CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A87C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a173c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 115, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.133 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9cda',
    500: '#a173c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a173c9;
$custom-light: #be9cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a173c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.093,
    "s": 44.33,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63595,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A173C9

secondary

#CBDCBC

accent

#B72E6E

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A173C9

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

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