#A178BF#A178BF

#A178BF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.112 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178BF
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 191)
HSL	hsl(275, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(275, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 37.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 29.47, -31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 42.89, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.0722 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.112 310)
XYZ	xyz(30.8167, 24.7720, 52.4382)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178BF #96BF78

analogous

#7D78BF #A178BF #BF78B9

triadic

#A178BF #BFA178 #78BFA1

tetradic

#A178BF #BF7D78 #96BF78 #78B9BF

square

#A178BF #BF7D78 #96BF78 #78B9BF

split-complementary

#A178BF #B9BF78 #78BF7D

monochromatic

#643D80 #8450A9 #A178BF #BEA2D3 #DBCBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#A178BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#A178BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178BF

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178BF	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)

#6A86C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7489BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.112 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9fd2',
    500: '#a178bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178bf;
$custom-light: #be9fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.648,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63982,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.24772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178BF

secondary

#C7D7BC

accent

#AF3769

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178BF

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

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