#A178AA#A178AA

#A178AA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.087 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178AA
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 170)
HSL	hsl(289, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(289, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 29.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 24.97, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 32.27, 320.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.0667 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.087 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6692, 23.9130, 41.1278)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178AA #81AA78

analogous

#8878AA #A178AA #AA789A

triadic

#A178AA #AAA178 #78AAA1

tetradic

#A178AA #AA8878 #81AA78 #789AAA

square

#A178AA #AA8878 #81AA78 #789AAA

split-complementary

#A178AA #9AAA78 #78AA88

monochromatic

#604167 #83588C #A178AA #BB9EC2 #D5C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A178AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#A178AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178AA

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178AA	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7283AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.087 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd9fc3',
    500: '#a178aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178aa;
$custom-light: #bd9fc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.2,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63054,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178AA

secondary

#B8C9B5

accent

#BF6978

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#120E12

muted

#817E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178AA

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

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