#A178CD#A178CD

#A178CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.130 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178CD
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 41.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 32.67, -38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 50.21, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% 0.0751 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.13 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4316, 25.4180, 60.9434)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178CD #A4CD78

analogous

#7879CD #A178CD #CB78CD

triadic

#A178CD #CDA178 #78CDA1

tetradic

#A178CD #CD7879 #A4CD78 #78CDCB

square

#A178CD #CD7879 #A4CD78 #78CDCB

split-complementary

#A178CD #CDCB78 #79CD78

monochromatic

#643794 #824BBC #A178CD #C0A5DE #DFD1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A178CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#A178CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178CD

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178CD	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6489D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.130 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9fdc',
    500: '#a178cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178cd;
$custom-light: #be9fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.941,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64663,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178CD

secondary

#D1DFC1

accent

#B92C75

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178CD

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

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