#A173E5#A173E5

#A173E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.168 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A173E5
RGB	rgb(161, 115, 229)
HSL	hsl(264, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(264, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 49.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 41.23, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 65.98, 308.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.0852 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.168 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9682, 25.4955, 77.1924)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A173E5 #B7E573

analogous

#737EE5 #A173E5 #DA73E5

triadic

#A173E5 #E5A173 #73E5A1

tetradic

#A173E5 #E5737E #B7E573 #73E5DA

square

#A173E5 #E5737E #B7E573 #73E5DA

split-complementary

#A173E5 #E5DA73 #7EE573

monochromatic

#6023BB #7E3FDB #A173E5 #C4A7EF #E6DAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A173E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A173E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A173E5

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A173E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A173E5	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D8AE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#598AE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9488A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a173e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 115, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.168 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09cee',
    500: '#a173e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a173e5;
$custom-light: #c09cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a173e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.211,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65111,
    "c": 0.16819,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A173E5

secondary

#DDECC8

accent

#D11585

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A173E5

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

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