#A178CB#A178CB

#A178CB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.127 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178CB
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 203)
HSL	hsl(270, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 40.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.39, 32.20, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.39, 49.16, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% 0.0747 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.127 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1917, 25.3220, 59.6801)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178CB #A2CB78

analogous

#7878CB #A178CB #CB78CB

triadic

#A178CB #CBA178 #78CBA1

tetradic

#A178CB #CB7878 #A2CB78 #78CBCB

square

#A178CB #CB7878 #A2CB78 #78CBCB

split-complementary

#A178CB #CBCB78 #78CB78

monochromatic

#643891 #824CBA #A178CB #C0A4DC #DFD0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A178CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#A178CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178CB

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178CB	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6588CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.127 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9fdb',
    500: '#a178cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178cb;
$custom-light: #be9fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.639,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64563,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178CB

secondary

#D0DEC1

accent

#B82E74

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178CB

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

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