#A278DD#A278DD

#A278DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.151 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A278DD
RGB	rgb(162, 120, 221)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 45.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, 36.75, -45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 58.69, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% 0.0788 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.151 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6650, 26.3347, 71.6494)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A278DD #B3DD78

analogous

#7881DD #A278DD #D478DD

triadic

#A278DD #DDA278 #78DDA2

tetradic

#A278DD #DD7881 #B3DD78 #78DDD4

square

#A278DD #DD7881 #B3DD78 #78DDD4

split-complementary

#A278DD #DDD478 #81DD78

monochromatic

#622CAF #8047D1 #A278DD #C4A9E9 #E5DAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#A278DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#A278DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A278DD

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A278DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A278DD	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8CE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a278dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 120, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.151 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0e8',
    500: '#a278dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a278dd;
$custom-light: #c0a0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a278dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.95,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65595,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A278DD

secondary

#DBE9C8

accent

#C71E81

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A278DD

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

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