#A274BD#A274BD

#A274BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A274BD
RGB	rgb(162, 116, 189)
HSL	hsl(278, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(278, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 38.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 31.61, -31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 44.59, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.0789 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.117 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3294, 23.8468, 51.1394)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A274BD #8FBD74

analogous

#7D74BD #A274BD #BD74B4

triadic

#A274BD #BDA274 #74BDA2

tetradic

#A274BD #BD7D74 #8FBD74 #74B4BD

square

#A274BD #BD7D74 #8FBD74 #74B4BD

split-complementary

#A274BD #B4BD74 #74BD7D

monochromatic

#643B7C #854EA5 #A274BD #BE9DD1 #DAC7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A274BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#A274BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A274BD

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A274BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A274BD	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6784C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7287BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A07E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a274bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 116, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be9dd1',
    500: '#a274bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a274bd;
$custom-light: #be9dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a274bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.808,
    "s": 35.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63283,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A274BD

secondary

#C3D5B8

accent

#CC5C85

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A274BD

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

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