#A17BB2#A17BB2

#A17BB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.091 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17BB2
RGB	rgb(161, 123, 178)
HSL	hsl(281, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(281, 31%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 30.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, 24.93, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 34.22, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.0644 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.091 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8155, 24.9579, 45.3575)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17BB2 #8CB27B

analogous

#867BB2 #A17BB2 #B27BA8

triadic

#A17BB2 #B2A17B #7BB2A1

tetradic

#A17BB2 #B2867B #8CB27B #7BA8B2

square

#A17BB2 #B2867B #8CB27B #7BA8B2

split-complementary

#A17BB2 #A8B27B #7BB286

monochromatic

#624271 #845897 #A17BB2 #BDA2C9 #D8C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A17BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#A17BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17BB2

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17BB2	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7387B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0828F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 123, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.091 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda1c9',
    500: '#a17bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17bb2;
$custom-light: #bda1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.455,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63944,
    "c": 0.09082,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17BB2

secondary

#C0CFBA

accent

#C36582

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#120F13

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17BB2

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

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