#A178BC#A178BC

#A178BC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.109 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178BC
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 188)
HSL	hsl(276, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 36.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 28.81, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 41.34, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.0715 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.109 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4899, 24.6413, 50.7172)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178BC #93BC78

analogous

#7F78BC #A178BC #BC78B5

triadic

#A178BC #BCA178 #78BCA1

tetradic

#A178BC #BC7F78 #93BC78 #78B5BC

square

#A178BC #BC7F78 #93BC78 #78B5BC

split-complementary

#A178BC #B5BC78 #78BC7F

monochromatic

#633E7C #8452A5 #A178BC #BDA1D0 #DACAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A178BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#A178BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178BC

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178BC	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C86BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.109 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9fd0',
    500: '#a178bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178bc;
$custom-light: #be9fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.176,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63843,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178BC

secondary

#C5D5BB

accent

#AC3967

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178BC

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

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