#A472E4#A472E4

#A472E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.169 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A472E4
RGB	rgb(164, 114, 228)
HSL	hsl(266, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 50%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 42.31, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 66.18, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0901 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.169 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3276, 25.5285, 76.4501)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A472E4 #B2E472

analogous

#7279E4 #A472E4 #DD72E4

triadic

#A472E4 #E4A472 #72E4A4

tetradic

#A472E4 #E47279 #B2E472 #72E4DD

square

#A472E4 #E47279 #B2E472 #72E4DD

split-complementary

#A472E4 #E4DD72 #79E472

monochromatic

#6523B8 #833FDA #A472E4 #C5A5EE #E6D9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A472E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A472E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A472E4

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A472E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A472E4	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D89E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9887A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a472e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 114, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.169 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29ced',
    500: '#a472e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a472e4;
$custom-light: #c29ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a472e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.316,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65187,
    "c": 0.16909,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A472E4

secondary

#DBEBC7

accent

#D0167E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A472E4

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

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