#A279CD#A279CD

#A279CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.129 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A279CD
RGB	rgb(162, 121, 205)
HSL	hsl(269, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 41%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 32.39, -37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 49.63, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.0748 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.129 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7549, 25.7641, 60.9932)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A279CD #A4CD79

analogous

#797ACD #A279CD #CC79CD

triadic

#A279CD #CDA279 #79CDA2

tetradic

#A279CD #CD797A #A4CD79 #79CDCC

square

#A279CD #CD797A #A4CD79 #79CDCC

split-complementary

#A279CD #CDCC79 #7ACD79

monochromatic

#653794 #834CBC #A279CD #C1A6DE #E0D2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A279CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A279CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A279CD

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A279CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A279CD	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#658AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B8699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a279cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 121, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.129 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa0dc',
    500: '#a279cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a279cd;
$custom-light: #bfa0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a279cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.286,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64937,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A279CD

secondary

#D1E0C2

accent

#B92D74

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120F15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A279CD

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

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