#A178EF#A178EF

#A178EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.173 H 297.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178EF
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 49.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 40.93, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 68.13, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0796 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.173 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9906, 27.2415, 84.9539)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178EF #C6EF78

analogous

#788AEF #A178EF #DC78EF

triadic

#A178EF #EFA178 #78EFA1

tetradic

#A178EF #EF788A #C6EF78 #78EFDC

square

#A178EF #EF788A #C6EF78 #78EFDC

split-complementary

#A178EF #EFDC78 #8AEF78

monochromatic

#5919D4 #7B41E9 #A178EF #C7AFF5 #ECE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A178EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#A178EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178EF

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178EF	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D8FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578DEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.173 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0f5',
    500: '#a178ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178ef;
$custom-light: #c0a0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.672,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66509,
    "c": 0.17306,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178EF

secondary

#E6F2D1

accent

#DB0A93

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178EF

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

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