#A178CE#A178CE

#A178CE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.131 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178CE
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 206)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 41.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 32.90, -38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 50.74, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.0752 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.131 305)
XYZ	xyz(32.5527, 25.4664, 61.5811)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178CE #A5CE78

analogous

#787ACE #A178CE #CC78CE

triadic

#A178CE #CEA178 #78CEA1

tetradic

#A178CE #CE787A #A5CE78 #78CECC

square

#A178CE #CE787A #A5CE78 #78CECC

split-complementary

#A178CE #CECC78 #7ACE78

monochromatic

#643695 #824BBE #A178CE #C0A5DE #E0D2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A178CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#A178CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178CE

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178CE	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6389D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D8ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.131 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9fdd',
    500: '#a178ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178ce;
$custom-light: #be9fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.605,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64713,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.25466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178CE

secondary

#D2E0C2

accent

#BA2C76

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178CE

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

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