#9178A9#9178A9

#9178A9 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.078 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9178A9
RGB	rgb(145, 120, 169)
HSL	hsl(271, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(271, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 29%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 19.42, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 29.73, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% 0.0473 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.078 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5536, 22.3174, 40.4899)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9178A9 #90A978

analogous

#7978A9 #9178A9 #A978A9

triadic

#9178A9 #A99178 #78A991

tetradic

#9178A9 #A97978 #90A978 #78A9A9

square

#9178A9 #A97978 #90A978 #78A9A9

split-complementary

#9178A9 #A9A978 #78A979

monochromatic

#544166 #72598B #9178A9 #AF9DC1 #CEC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#9178A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#9178A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9178A9

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9178A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9178A9	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F81AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7482A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9178a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 120, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.078 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19fc2',
    500: '#9178a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9178a9;
$custom-light: #b19fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9178a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 22.172,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61416,
    "c": 0.0777,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9178A9

secondary

#BEC8B4

accent

#BF6993

background

#FAF9FB

surface

#F5F2F7

border

#CFCCD0

text

#110E12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9178A9

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

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