#A178F6#A178F6

#A178F6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.182 H 296.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178F6
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 246)
HSL	hsl(260, 88%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(260, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 51.2%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, 42.70, -57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 71.81, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.0801 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.182 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0448, 27.6632, 90.5060)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178F6 #CDF678

analogous

#788EF6 #A178F6 #E078F6

triadic

#A178F6 #F6A178 #78F6A1

tetradic

#A178F6 #F6788E #CDF678 #78F6E0

square

#A178F6 #F6788E #CDF678 #78F6E0

split-complementary

#A178F6 #F6E078 #8EF678

monochromatic

#550FE4 #793FF2 #A178F6 #C9B1FA #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A178F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A178F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178F6

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178F6	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4790FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#518EF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D91AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.182 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a0fa',
    500: '#a178f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178f6;
$custom-light: #c1a0fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.524,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66921,
    "c": 0.18182,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178F6

secondary

#EAF5D5

accent

#E4019A

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178F6

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

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