#A173CD#A173CD

#A173CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.138 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A173CD
RGB	rgb(161, 115, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 43.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 35.49, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 53.43, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0822 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.138 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8459, 24.2466, 60.7481)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A173CD #9FCD73

analogous

#7473CD #A173CD #CD73CC

triadic

#A173CD #CDA173 #73CDA1

tetradic

#A173CD #CD7473 #9FCD73 #73CCCD

square

#A173CD #CD7473 #9FCD73 #73CCCD

split-complementary

#A173CD #CCCD73 #73CD74

monochromatic

#643492 #8346BD #A173CD #BFA0DD #DECDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#A173CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#A173CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A173CD

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A173CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A173CD	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D85D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6887CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a173cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 115, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.138 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9cdc',
    500: '#a173cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a173cd;
$custom-light: #be9cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a173cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.638,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A173CD

secondary

#CEDEBE

accent

#BB2B71

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A173CD

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

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