#A178BB#A178BB

#A178BB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.107 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178BB
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 187)
HSL	hsl(277, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(277, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 35.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 28.59, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 40.82, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.0712 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.107 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3825, 24.5983, 50.1515)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178BB #92BB78

analogous

#7F78BB #A178BB #BB78B4

triadic

#A178BB #BBA178 #78BBA1

tetradic

#A178BB #BB7F78 #92BB78 #78B4BB

square

#A178BB #BB7F78 #92BB78 #78B4BB

split-complementary

#A178BB #B4BB78 #78BB7F

monochromatic

#633E7B #8452A3 #A178BB #BDA1D0 #DAC9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A178BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A178BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178BB

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178BB	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C86BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.107 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9fcf',
    500: '#a178bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178bb;
$custom-light: #be9fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.716,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63797,
    "c": 0.10731,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178BB

secondary

#C5D4BB

accent

#AC3A66

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178BB

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

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