#A178BE#A178BE

#A178BE is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.111 H 310.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178BE
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 190)
HSL	hsl(275, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(275, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 36.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.81, 29.25, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.81, 42.37, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.0719 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.111 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7070, 24.7281, 51.8606)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178BE #95BE78

analogous

#7E78BE #A178BE #BE78B8

triadic

#A178BE #BEA178 #78BEA1

tetradic

#A178BE #BE7E78 #95BE78 #78B8BE

square

#A178BE #BE7E78 #95BE78 #78B8BE

split-complementary

#A178BE #B8BE78 #78BE7E

monochromatic

#633D7F #8451A8 #A178BE #BEA1D2 #DBCBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#A178BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#A178BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178BE

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178BE	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B86C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.111 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9fd2',
    500: '#a178be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178be;
$custom-light: #be9fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.143,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63936,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178BE

secondary

#C7D6BC

accent

#AE3869

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178BE

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

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