#A178DB#A178DB

#A178DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.148 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178DB
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 45.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 35.99, -44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 57.59, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.0773 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.148 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1977, 26.1244, 70.2450)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178DB #B2DB78

analogous

#7881DB #A178DB #D278DB

triadic

#A178DB #DBA178 #78DBA1

tetradic

#A178DB #DB7881 #B2DB78 #78DBD2

square

#A178DB #DB7881 #B2DB78 #78DBD2

split-complementary

#A178DB #DBD278 #81DB78

monochromatic

#622EAB #7F48CE #A178DB #C3A8E8 #E4D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A178DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#A178DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178DB

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178DB	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C8BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96899F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.148 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9fe6',
    500: '#a178db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178db;
$custom-light: #bf9fe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.848,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65391,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178DB

secondary

#DAE7C7

accent

#C52081

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178DB

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

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