#A178F8#A178F8

#A178F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.184 H 295.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178F8
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 248)
HSL	hsl(259, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(259, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 51.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 43.21, -58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 72.85, 306.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% 0.0802 -0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.184 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3534, 27.7867, 92.1314)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178F8 #CFF878

analogous

#788FF8 #A178F8 #E178F8

triadic

#A178F8 #F8A178 #78F8A1

tetradic

#A178F8 #F8788F #CFF878 #78F8E1

square

#A178F8 #F8788F #CFF878 #78F8E1

split-complementary

#A178F8 #F8E178 #8FF878

monochromatic

#530CE9 #783EF5 #A178F8 #CAB2FB #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A178F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#A178F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178F8

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178F8	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4591FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F8EF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D92AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.184 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a0fb',
    500: '#a178f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178f8;
$custom-light: #c1a0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.219,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67041,
    "c": 0.18431,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178F8

secondary

#EBF6D5

accent

#E6009C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178F8

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

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