#A178DC#A178DC

#A178DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.149 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178DC
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 220)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 45.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, 36.23, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 58.12, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% 0.0775 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.149 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3298, 26.1772, 70.9404)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178DC #B3DC78

analogous

#7881DC #A178DC #D378DC

triadic

#A178DC #DCA178 #78DCA1

tetradic

#A178DC #DC7881 #B3DC78 #78DCD3

square

#A178DC #DC7881 #B3DC78 #78DCD3

split-complementary

#A178DC #DCD378 #81DC78

monochromatic

#612DAD #7F47CF #A178DC #C3A9E9 #E5D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#A178DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#A178DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178DC

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178DC	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8BE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658BD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.149 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa0e7',
    500: '#a178dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178dc;
$custom-light: #bfa0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65445,
    "c": 0.14903,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178DC

secondary

#DBE8C8

accent

#C61F82

background

#FBF9FE

surface

#F7F2FC

border

#D0CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178DC

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

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