#A178E9#A178E9

#A178E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.166 H 298.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178E9
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 233)
HSL	hsl(262, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(262, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 48.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 39.42, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 64.98, 307.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.079 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.166 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1189, 26.8929, 80.3629)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178E9 #C0E978

analogous

#7888E9 #A178E9 #DA78E9

triadic

#A178E9 #E9A178 #78E9A1

tetradic

#A178E9 #E97888 #C0E978 #78E9DA

square

#A178E9 #E97888 #C0E978 #78E9DA

split-complementary

#A178E9 #E9DA78 #88E978

monochromatic

#5D20C6 #7C43E0 #A178E9 #C6ADF2 #EAE1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A178E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#A178E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178E9

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178E9	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#528EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8DE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.166 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0f0',
    500: '#a178e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178e9;
$custom-light: #c0a0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.77,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66164,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178E9

secondary

#E3EFCE

accent

#D4118D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178E9

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

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