#A278CA#A278CA

#A278CA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.126 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A278CA
RGB	rgb(162, 120, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 40.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 32.27, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 48.71, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.0757 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.126 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2753, 25.3789, 59.0640)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A278CA #A0CA78

analogous

#7978CA #A278CA #CA78C9

triadic

#A278CA #CAA278 #78CAA2

tetradic

#A278CA #CA7978 #A0CA78 #78C9CA

square

#A278CA #CA7978 #A0CA78 #78C9CA

split-complementary

#A278CA #C9CA78 #78CA79

monochromatic

#65388F #844CB9 #A278CA #C0A4DB #DFD0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#A278CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#A278CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A278CA

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A278CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A278CA	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6688CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a278ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 120, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.126 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9fda',
    500: '#a278ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a278ca;
$custom-light: #bf9fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a278ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64612,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A278CA

secondary

#CFDEC0

accent

#B72F71

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A278CA

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

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