#A179EA#A179EA

#A179EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.165 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A179EA
RGB	rgb(161, 121, 234)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 48.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 39.11, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 64.88, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.0778 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.165 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3830, 27.1920, 81.1577)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A179EA #C2EA79

analogous

#798AEA #A179EA #DA79EA

triadic

#A179EA #EAA179 #79EAA1

tetradic

#A179EA #EA798A #C2EA79 #79EADA

square

#A179EA #EA798A #C2EA79 #79EADA

split-complementary

#A179EA #EADA79 #8AEA79

monochromatic

#5C20C9 #7C44E2 #A179EA #C6AEF2 #EBE3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A179EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A179EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A179EA

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A179EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A179EA	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538FEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a179ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 121, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.165 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0f1',
    500: '#a179ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a179ea;
$custom-light: #c0a0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a179ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.239,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66388,
    "c": 0.16523,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A179EA

secondary

#E4F0CF

accent

#D5118F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A179EA

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

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