#A179F9#A179F9
#A179F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.184 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A179F9 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(161, 121, 249) |
| HSL | hsl(259, 91%, 73%) |
| HSV | hsv(259, 51%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(35.3%, 51.4%, 0%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.97, 42.91, -58.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.97, 72.77, 306.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.26% 0.0791 -0.1663) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.26% 0.184 295.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.6298, 28.0907, 92.9910) |
| Luminance | 0.2809 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Light Urple
#B36FF6
ΔE00 4.36
Periwinkle (survey)
#8E82FE
ΔE00 4.93
Mediumpurple
#9370DB
ΔE00 5.28
Easter Purple
#C071FE
ΔE00 5.89
Light Purple
#BF77F6
ΔE00 5.91
Lavender Blue
#8B88F8
ΔE00 6.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A179F9 #D1F979
analogous
#7991F9 #A179F9 #E179F9
triadic
#A179F9 #F9A179 #79F9A1
tetradic
#A179F9 #F97991 #D1F979 #79F9E1
square
#A179F9 #F97991 #D1F979 #79F9E1
split-complementary
#A179F9 #F9E179 #91F979
monochromatic
#510BED #783EF6 #A179F9 #CAB4FC #EAE2FE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.17
#A179F9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.62
#A179F9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A179F9
6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A179F9 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A179F9 | 1.00 | 3.17 | 6.62 | 6.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#4691FD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#508FF6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8C93AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a179f9; /* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 121, 249); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.184 295.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c1a0fc',
500: '#a179f9',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a179f9; $custom-light: #c1a0fc; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a179f9",
"rgb": {
"r": 161,
"g": 121,
"b": 249
},
"hsl": {
"h": 258.75,
"s": 91.429,
"l": 72.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67263,
"c": 0.1841,
"h": 295.4
},
"luminance": 0.28091
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A179F9
secondary
#ECF6D5
accent
#E6009E
background
#FCF9FF
surface
#F8F2FF
border
#D1CCD7
text
#130F17
muted
#827E85