#A178F9#A178F9

#A178F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.186 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A178F9
RGB	rgb(161, 120, 249)
HSL	hsl(259, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(259, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 51.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 43.46, -59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 73.38, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.0803 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.186 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5089, 27.8489, 92.9507)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A178F9 #D0F978

analogous

#788FF9 #A178F9 #E278F9

triadic

#A178F9 #F9A178 #78F9A1

tetradic

#A178F9 #F9788F #D0F978 #78F9E2

square

#A178F9 #F9788F #D0F978 #78F9E2

split-complementary

#A178F9 #F9E278 #8FF978

monochromatic

#520AEC #783DF6 #A178F9 #CAB3FC #EBE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#A178F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A178F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A178F9

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A178F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A178F9	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4491FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E8EF6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C92AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a178f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 120, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.186 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a0fc',
    500: '#a178f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a178f9;
$custom-light: #c1a0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a178f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.07,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67101,
    "c": 0.18556,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A178F9

secondary

#EBF6D5

accent

#E6009D

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A178F9

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

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