#A278EB#A278EB

#A278EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.168 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A278EB
RGB	rgb(162, 120, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 40.18, -52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 66.06, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0804 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.168 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6086, 27.1121, 81.8856)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A278EB #C1EB78

analogous

#7888EB #A278EB #DC78EB

triadic

#A278EB #EBA278 #78EBA2

tetradic

#A278EB #EB7888 #C1EB78 #78EBDC

square

#A278EB #EB7888 #C1EB78 #78EBDC

split-complementary

#A278EB #EBDC78 #88EB78

monochromatic

#5D1ECB #7D43E3 #A278EB #C7ADF3 #EBE3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A278EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A278EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A278EB

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A278EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A278EB	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518EEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a278eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 120, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.168 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a0f2',
    500: '#a278eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a278eb;
$custom-light: #c1a0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a278eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.913,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66373,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A278EB

secondary

#E4F0CF

accent

#D60F8E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A278EB

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