#A279DA#A279DA

#A279DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.145 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A279DA
RGB	rgb(162, 121, 218)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 44.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, 35.46, -43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 56.48, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.077 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.145 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3898, 26.4180, 69.6035)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A279DA #B1DA79

analogous

#7981DA #A279DA #D379DA

triadic

#A279DA #DAA279 #79DAA2

tetradic

#A279DA #DA7981 #B1DA79 #79DAD3

square

#A279DA #DA7981 #B1DA79 #79DAD3

split-complementary

#A279DA #DAD379 #81DA79

monochromatic

#632FAA #8149CD #A279DA #C3A9E7 #E5D9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A279DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A279DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A279DA

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A279DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A279DA	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8CDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a279da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 121, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.145 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa0e6',
    500: '#a279da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a279da;
$custom-light: #bfa0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a279da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.361,
    "s": 56.725,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65605,
    "c": 0.14509,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A279DA

secondary

#DAE7C8

accent

#C4217F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A279DA

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

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