#A278F8#A278F8

#A278F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.184 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A278F8
RGB	rgb(162, 120, 248)
HSL	hsl(260, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(260, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 51.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 43.45, -58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 72.87, 306.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.0815 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.184 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5558, 27.8910, 92.1409)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A278F8 #CEF878

analogous

#788EF8 #A278F8 #E278F8

triadic

#A278F8 #F8A278 #78F8A2

tetradic

#A278F8 #F8788E #CEF878 #78F8E2

square

#A278F8 #F8788E #CEF878 #78F8E2

split-complementary

#A278F8 #F8E278 #8EF878

monochromatic

#550CE9 #7A3EF5 #A278F8 #CAB2FB #EBE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A278F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#A278F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A278F8

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A278F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A278F8	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4691FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#508EF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E91AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a278f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 120, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.184 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a0fb',
    500: '#a278f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a278f8;
$custom-light: #c1a0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a278f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.688,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67133,
    "c": 0.18442,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A278F8

secondary

#EBF6D5

accent

#E6009A

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A278F8

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

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