#A174BE#A174BE

#A174BE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.118 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A174BE
RGB	rgb(161, 116, 190)
HSL	hsl(276, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 38.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 31.53, -32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 45.00, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.0779 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.118 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2360, 23.7860, 51.7036)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A174BE #91BE74

analogous

#7C74BE #A174BE #BE74B6

triadic

#A174BE #BEA174 #74BEA1

tetradic

#A174BE #BE7C74 #91BE74 #74B6BE

square

#A174BE #BE7C74 #91BE74 #74B6BE

split-complementary

#A174BE #B6BE74 #74BE7C

monochromatic

#633A7D #844EA7 #A174BE #BD9ED2 #D9C7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A174BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#A174BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A174BE

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A174BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A174BE	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6684C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7187BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a174be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 116, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.118 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9dd2',
    500: '#a174be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a174be;
$custom-light: #be9dd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a174be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.486,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63227,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A174BE

secondary

#C4D5B9

accent

#CC5C88

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A174BE

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

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