#A178CC#A178CC

#A178CC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.129 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178CC
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 204)
HSL	hsl(269, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 41.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 32.43, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 49.69, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.0749 -0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.129 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3113, 25.3698, 60.3097)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178CC #A3CC78

analogous

#7879CC #A178CC #CB78CC

triadic

#A178CC #CCA178 #78CCA1

tetradic

#A178CC #CC7879 #A3CC78 #78CCCB

square

#A178CC #CC7879 #A3CC78 #78CCCB

split-complementary

#A178CC #CCCB78 #79CC78

monochromatic

#643792 #824CBB #A178CC #C0A4DD #DFD1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A178CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#A178CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178CC

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178CC	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6489CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.129 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9fdc',
    500: '#a178cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178cc;
$custom-light: #be9fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.286,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64613,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178CC

secondary

#D0DFC1

accent

#B82D74

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178CC

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

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