#A174BD#A174BD

#A174BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.117 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A174BD
RGB	rgb(161, 116, 189)
HSL	hsl(277, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 38.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 31.30, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 44.49, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0777 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.117 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1271, 23.7425, 51.1299)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A174BD #90BD74

analogous

#7C74BD #A174BD #BD74B5

triadic

#A174BD #BDA174 #74BDA1

tetradic

#A174BD #BD7C74 #90BD74 #74B5BD

square

#A174BD #BD7C74 #90BD74 #74B5BD

split-complementary

#A174BD #B5BD74 #74BD7C

monochromatic

#633B7C #844EA5 #A174BD #BD9DD1 #D9C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A174BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A174BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A174BD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A174BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A174BD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6683C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a174bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 116, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.117 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9cd1',
    500: '#a174bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a174bd;
$custom-light: #be9cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a174bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.986,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63179,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A174BD

secondary

#C3D5B8

accent

#CC5C87

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A174BD

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

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