#A278EF#A278EF

#A278EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.173 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A278EF
RGB	rgb(162, 120, 239)
HSL	hsl(261, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(261, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 49.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, 41.18, -54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 68.16, 307.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.0808 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.173 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1929, 27.3459, 84.9634)
Luminance	0.2735 (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

#A278EF #C5EF78

analogous

#788AEF #A278EF #DD78EF

triadic

#A278EF #EFA278 #78EFA2

tetradic

#A278EF #EF788A #C5EF78 #78EFDD

square

#A278EF #EF788A #C5EF78 #78EFDD

split-complementary

#A278EF #EFDD78 #8AEF78

monochromatic

#5B19D4 #7C41E9 #A278EF #C8AFF5 #ECE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A278EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A278EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A278EF

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A278EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A278EF	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a278ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 120, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.173 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a0f5',
    500: '#a278ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a278ef;
$custom-light: #c1a0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a278ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66603,
    "c": 0.17319,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A278EF

secondary

#E6F2D1

accent

#DB0A91

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A278EF

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

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