#A17BC2#A17BC2

#A17BC2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.111 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17BC2
RGB	rgb(161, 123, 194)
HSL	hsl(272, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 37%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 36.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 28.44, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 42.48, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.0684 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.111 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5167, 25.6383, 54.3168)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17BC2 #9CC27B

analogous

#7E7BC2 #A17BC2 #C27BC0

triadic

#A17BC2 #C2A17B #7BC2A1

tetradic

#A17BC2 #C27E7B #9CC27B #7BC0C2

square

#A17BC2 #C27E7B #9CC27B #7BC0C2

split-complementary

#A17BC2 #C0C27B #7BC27E

monochromatic

#643E85 #8351AF #A17BC2 #BFA5D5 #DDCFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A17BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A17BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17BC2

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17BC2	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	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)

#6D89C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 123, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.111 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea1d4',
    500: '#a17bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17bc2;
$custom-light: #bea1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 36.788,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64661,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17BC2

secondary

#CBD9BF

accent

#B0366E

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120F14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17BC2

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

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