#A278CD#A278CD

#A278CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.130 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A278CD
RGB	rgb(162, 120, 205)
HSL	hsl(270, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(270, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 41.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 32.96, -37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 50.28, 310.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.0763 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.13 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6340, 25.5223, 60.9529)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A278CD #A3CD78

analogous

#7878CD #A278CD #CC78CD

triadic

#A278CD #CDA278 #78CDA2

tetradic

#A278CD #CD7878 #A3CD78 #78CDCC

square

#A278CD #CD7878 #A3CD78 #78CDCC

split-complementary

#A278CD #CDCC78 #78CD78

monochromatic

#653794 #834BBC #A278CD #C1A5DE #E0D1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A278CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#A278CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A278CD

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A278CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A278CD	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6489D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a278cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 120, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.130 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9fdc',
    500: '#a278cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a278cd;
$custom-light: #bf9fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a278cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.647,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64762,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A278CD

secondary

#D1DFC1

accent

#B92C74

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A278CD

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

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