#A278F3#A278F3

#A278F3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.178 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A278F3
RGB	rgb(162, 120, 243)
HSL	hsl(260, 84%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(260, 51%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 50.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 42.18, -56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 70.25, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.0811 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.178 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7904, 27.5849, 88.1101)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A278F3 #C9F378

analogous

#788BF3 #A278F3 #DF78F3

triadic

#A278F3 #F3A278 #78F3A2

tetradic

#A278F3 #F3788B #C9F378 #78F3DF

square

#A278F3 #F3788B #C9F378 #78F3DF

split-complementary

#A278F3 #F3DF78 #8BF378

monochromatic

#5814DD #7B40EE #A278F3 #C9B0F8 #ECE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A278F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#A278F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A278F3

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A278F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A278F3	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A90F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#558EF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9090AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a278f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 120, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.178 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a0f8',
    500: '#a278f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a278f3;
$custom-light: #c1a0f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a278f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66836,
    "c": 0.17819,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A278F3

secondary

#E9F4D3

accent

#E00595

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A278F3

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

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