#A178BD#A178BD

#A178BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.110 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178BD
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 189)
HSL	hsl(276, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(276, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 36.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 29.03, -30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 41.86, 313.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.0717 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.11 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5981, 24.6846, 51.2869)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178BD #94BD78

analogous

#7E78BD #A178BD #BD78B6

triadic

#A178BD #BDA178 #78BDA1

tetradic

#A178BD #BD7E78 #94BD78 #78B6BD

square

#A178BD #BD7E78 #94BD78 #78B6BD

split-complementary

#A178BD #B6BD78 #78BD7E

monochromatic

#633D7D #8451A6 #A178BD #BEA1D1 #DACAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A178BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#A178BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178BD

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178BD	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B86C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.110 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9fd1',
    500: '#a178bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178bd;
$custom-light: #be9fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.652,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63889,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178BD

secondary

#C6D6BB

accent

#AD3868

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178BD

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

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