#A178CA#A178CA

#A178CA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.126 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178CA
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 202)
HSL	hsl(270, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 40.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 31.97, -36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 48.64, 311.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.0745 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.126 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0730, 25.2745, 59.0545)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178CA #A1CA78

analogous

#7878CA #A178CA #CA78CA

triadic

#A178CA #CAA178 #78CAA1

tetradic

#A178CA #CA7878 #A1CA78 #78CACA

square

#A178CA #CA7878 #A1CA78 #78CACA

split-complementary

#A178CA #CACA78 #78CA78

monochromatic

#64388F #824CB9 #A178CA #C0A4DB #DED0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#A178CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#A178CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178CA

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178CA	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6588CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.126 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9fda',
    500: '#a178ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178ca;
$custom-light: #be9fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64513,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178CA

secondary

#CFDEC0

accent

#B72F73

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178CA

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

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