#A278DB#A278DB

#A278DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.148 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A278DB
RGB	rgb(162, 120, 219)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 45.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 36.26, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 57.64, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.0785 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.148 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4001, 26.2288, 70.2545)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A278DB #B1DB78

analogous

#7880DB #A278DB #D478DB

triadic

#A278DB #DBA278 #78DBA2

tetradic

#A278DB #DB7880 #B1DB78 #78DBD4

square

#A278DB #DB7880 #B1DB78 #78DBD4

split-complementary

#A278DB #DBD478 #80DB78

monochromatic

#632EAB #8148CE #A278DB #C3A8E8 #E5D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#A278DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#A278DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A278DB

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A278DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A278DB	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C8BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98899F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a278db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 120, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.148 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0e6',
    500: '#a278db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a278db;
$custom-light: #c0a0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a278db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65488,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A278DB

secondary

#DAE7C7

accent

#C5207F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A278DB

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

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