#A178EE#A178EE

#A178EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.172 H 297.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178EE
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 238)
HSL	hsl(261, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 49.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, 40.67, -54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 67.61, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0795 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.172 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8432, 27.1826, 84.1780)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178EE #C5EE78

analogous

#788AEE #A178EE #DC78EE

triadic

#A178EE #EEA178 #78EEA1

tetradic

#A178EE #EE788A #C5EE78 #78EEDC

square

#A178EE #EE788A #C5EE78 #78EEDC

split-complementary

#A178EE #EEDC78 #8AEE78

monochromatic

#5A1AD1 #7B42E7 #A178EE #C7AEF5 #ECE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A178EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A178EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178EE

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178EE	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.172 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0f4',
    500: '#a178ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178ee;
$custom-light: #c0a0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.847,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66451,
    "c": 0.17179,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178EE

secondary

#E6F1D1

accent

#DA0C92

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178EE

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

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