#A178F5#A178F5

#A178F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.181 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178F5
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 245)
HSL	hsl(260, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(260, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 51%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 42.44, -57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 71.28, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0801 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.181 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8917, 27.6020, 89.6999)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178F5 #CCF578

analogous

#788EF5 #A178F5 #E078F5

triadic

#A178F5 #F5A178 #78F5A1

tetradic

#A178F5 #F5788E #CCF578 #78F5E0

square

#A178F5 #F5788E #CCF578 #78F5E0

split-complementary

#A178F5 #F5E078 #8EF578

monochromatic

#5511E2 #793FF1 #A178F5 #C9B1F9 #EBE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A178F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A178F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178F5

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178F5	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4890F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#528EF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E91AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.181 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a0f9',
    500: '#a178f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178f5;
$custom-light: #c1a0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.68,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66861,
    "c": 0.18057,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178F5

secondary

#EAF4D4

accent

#E30399

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178F5

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

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