#9178C8#9178C8

#9178C8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.120 H 297.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9178C8
RGB	rgb(145, 120, 200)
HSL	hsl(259, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 40%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 26.81, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 46.66, 305.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0548 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.12 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8164, 23.6225, 57.6738)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9178C8 #AFC878

analogous

#7887C8 #9178C8 #B978C8

triadic

#9178C8 #C89178 #78C891

tetradic

#9178C8 #C87887 #AFC878 #78C8B9

square

#9178C8 #C87887 #AFC878 #78C8B9

split-complementary

#9178C8 #C8B978 #87C878

monochromatic

#53398C #6E4DB6 #9178C8 #B4A3DA #D8CFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#9178C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#9178C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9178C8

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9178C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9178C8	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6286CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6685C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9178c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 120, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.120 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39fd9',
    500: '#9178c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9178c8;
$custom-light: #b39fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9178c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62884,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9178C8

secondary

#D3DCBF

accent

#B5308C

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110E14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9178C8

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

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