#A178F3#A178F3

#A178F3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.178 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178F3
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 243)
HSL	hsl(260, 84%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(260, 51%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 50.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 41.94, -56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 70.23, 306.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.0799 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.178 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5880, 27.4805, 88.1006)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178F3 #CAF378

analogous

#788CF3 #A178F3 #DE78F3

triadic

#A178F3 #F3A178 #78F3A1

tetradic

#A178F3 #F3788C #CAF378 #78F3DE

square

#A178F3 #F3788C #CAF378 #78F3DE

split-complementary

#A178F3 #F3DE78 #8CF378

monochromatic

#5714DD #7A40EE #A178F3 #C8B0F8 #EBE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A178F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A178F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178F3

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178F3	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A90F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548EF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F90AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.178 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0f8',
    500: '#a178f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178f3;
$custom-light: #c0a0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66743,
    "c": 0.17808,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178F3

secondary

#E9F4D3

accent

#E00597

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178F3

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

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