#A179C8#A179C8

#A179C8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.122 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A179C8
RGB	rgb(161, 121, 200)
HSL	hsl(270, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 39.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 30.94, -35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 46.94, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.0726 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.122 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9586, 25.4222, 57.8557)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A179C8 #A0C879

analogous

#7979C8 #A179C8 #C879C7

triadic

#A179C8 #C8A179 #79C8A1

tetradic

#A179C8 #C87979 #A0C879 #79C7C8

square

#A179C8 #C87979 #A0C879 #79C7C8

split-complementary

#A179C8 #C7C879 #79C879

monochromatic

#643A8D #834EB6 #A179C8 #BFA4DA #DED0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A179C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#A179C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A179C8

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A179C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A179C8	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6889CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a179c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 121, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.122 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea0d9',
    500: '#a179c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a179c8;
$custom-light: #bea0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a179c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.38,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64591,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A179C8

secondary

#CEDDC0

accent

#B53172

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120F14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A179C8

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

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