#A279DC#A279DC

#A279DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.148 H 301.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A279DC
RGB	rgb(162, 121, 220)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 45%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 35.94, -44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 57.53, 308.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.0773 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.148 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6530, 26.5234, 70.9902)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A279DC #B3DC79

analogous

#7982DC #A279DC #D379DC

triadic

#A279DC #DCA279 #79DCA2

tetradic

#A279DC #DC7982 #B3DC79 #79DCD3

square

#A279DC #DC7982 #B3DC79 #79DCD3

split-complementary

#A279DC #DCD379 #82DC79

monochromatic

#622DAD #8048CF #A279DC #C4AAE9 #E5DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#A279DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#A279DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A279DC

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A279DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A279DC	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D8CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a279dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 121, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.148 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0e7',
    500: '#a279dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a279dc;
$custom-light: #c0a0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a279dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.848,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65712,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A279DC

secondary

#DBE8C9

accent

#C61F81

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A279DC

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

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