#A17CBD#A17CBD

#A17CBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.103 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17CBD
RGB	rgb(161, 124, 189)
HSL	hsl(274, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(274, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 34.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 26.75, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 39.21, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.0657 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.103 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0892, 25.6669, 51.4507)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17CBD #98BD7C

analogous

#817CBD #A17CBD #BD7CB9

triadic

#A17CBD #BDA17C #7CBDA1

tetradic

#A17CBD #BD817C #98BD7C #7CB9BD

square

#A17CBD #BD817C #98BD7C #7CB9BD

split-complementary

#A17CBD #B9BD7C #7CBD81

monochromatic

#64407F #8454A7 #A17CBD #BEA5D2 #DBCDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A17CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A17CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17CBD

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17CBD	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)

#7089C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 124, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.103 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda2d1',
    500: '#a17cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17cbd;
$custom-light: #bda2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.154,
    "s": 32.995,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64613,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17CBD

secondary

#C9D7BE

accent

#AC3A6B

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F3F9

border

#D0CDD2

text

#120F14

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17CBD

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

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