#A178F2#A178F2

#A178F2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.177 H 296.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178F2
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 242)
HSL	hsl(260, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(260, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 50.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 41.68, -55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 69.71, 306.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% 0.0798 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.177 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4374, 27.4203, 87.3074)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178F2 #C9F278

analogous

#788CF2 #A178F2 #DE78F2

triadic

#A178F2 #F2A178 #78F2A1

tetradic

#A178F2 #F2788C #C9F278 #78F2DE

square

#A178F2 #F2788C #C9F278 #78F2DE

split-complementary

#A178F2 #F2DE78 #8CF278

monochromatic

#5715DB #7A40ED #A178F2 #C8B0F7 #ECE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#A178F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#A178F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178F2

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178F2	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B8FF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#558DEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F90AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.177 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0f7',
    500: '#a178f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178f2;
$custom-light: #c0a0f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.164,
    "s": 82.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66684,
    "c": 0.17682,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178F2

secondary

#E8F3D3

accent

#DF0796

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178F2

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

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