#A178EB#A178EB

#A178EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.168 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178EB
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 235)
HSL	hsl(261, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, 39.92, -52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 66.03, 307.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0792 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.168 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4062, 27.0078, 81.8761)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178EB #C2EB78

analogous

#7889EB #A178EB #DA78EB

triadic

#A178EB #EBA178 #78EBA1

tetradic

#A178EB #EB7889 #C2EB78 #78EBDA

square

#A178EB #EB7889 #C2EB78 #78EBDA

split-complementary

#A178EB #EBDA78 #89EB78

monochromatic

#5C1ECB #7C43E3 #A178EB #C6ADF3 #EBE3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#A178EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#A178EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178EB

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178EB	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.168 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0f2',
    500: '#a178eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178eb;
$custom-light: #c0a0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.391,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66278,
    "c": 0.16802,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178EB

secondary

#E4F0CF

accent

#D60F8F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178EB

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

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