#A178EA#A178EA

#A178EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.167 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178EA
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(262, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 48.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, 39.67, -52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 65.50, 307.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0791 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.167 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2621, 26.9502, 81.1174)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178EA #C1EA78

analogous

#7888EA #A178EA #DA78EA

triadic

#A178EA #EAA178 #78EAA1

tetradic

#A178EA #EA7888 #C1EA78 #78EADA

square

#A178EA #EA7888 #C1EA78 #78EADA

split-complementary

#A178EA #EADA78 #88EA78

monochromatic

#5C1FC8 #7C43E2 #A178EA #C6ADF2 #EBE2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#A178EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#A178EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178EA

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178EA	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#528EEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8DE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.167 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0f1',
    500: '#a178ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178ea;
$custom-light: #c0a0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.579,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66221,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178EA

secondary

#E4EFCE

accent

#D5108E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120F17

muted

#817E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178EA

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

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