#A179CD#A179CD

#A179CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.128 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A179CD
RGB	rgb(161, 121, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 41%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 32.10, -37.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 49.57, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.0736 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.128 305)
XYZ	xyz(32.5525, 25.6597, 60.9837)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A179CD #A5CD79

analogous

#797BCD #A179CD #CB79CD

triadic

#A179CD #CDA179 #79CDA1

tetradic

#A179CD #CD797B #A5CD79 #79CDCB

square

#A179CD #CD797B #A5CD79 #79CDCB

split-complementary

#A179CD #CDCB79 #7BCD79

monochromatic

#643794 #824CBC #A179CD #C0A6DE #E0D2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A179CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A179CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A179CD

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A179CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A179CD	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6589D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a179cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 121, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.128 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea0dc',
    500: '#a179cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a179cd;
$custom-light: #bea0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a179cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64838,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.2566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A179CD

secondary

#D2E0C2

accent

#B92D76

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A179CD

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

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