#9178AA#9178AA

#9178AA is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.079 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9178AA
RGB	rgb(145, 120, 170)
HSL	hsl(270, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 29.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 19.65, -23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 30.27, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.0476 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.079 307)
XYZ	xyz(25.6479, 22.3551, 40.9862)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9178AA #91AA78

analogous

#7878AA #9178AA #AA78AA

triadic

#9178AA #AA9178 #78AA91

tetradic

#9178AA #AA7878 #91AA78 #78AAAA

square

#9178AA #AA7878 #91AA78 #78AAAA

split-complementary

#9178AA #AAAA78 #78AA78

monochromatic

#544167 #72588C #9178AA #B09EC2 #CEC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#9178AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#9178AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9178AA

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9178AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9178AA	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F81AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7482A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9178aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 120, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.079 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29fc3',
    500: '#9178aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9178aa;
$custom-light: #b29fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9178aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61459,
    "c": 0.07905,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.22355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9178AA

secondary

#BFC9B5

accent

#BF6994

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#110E12

muted

#807E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9178AA

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

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