#A279E0#A279E0

#A279E0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.153 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A279E0
RGB	rgb(162, 121, 224)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 46%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, 36.91, -46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 59.64, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0779 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.153 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1891, 26.7378, 73.8136)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A279E0 #B7E079

analogous

#7984E0 #A279E0 #D579E0

triadic

#A279E0 #E0A279 #79E0A2

tetradic

#A279E0 #E07984 #B7E079 #79E0D5

square

#A279E0 #E07984 #B7E079 #79E0D5

split-complementary

#A279E0 #E0D579 #84E079

monochromatic

#612AB5 #8047D5 #A279E0 #C4ABEB #E7DCF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A279E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A279E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A279E0

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A279E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A279E0	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8DE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648DDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a279e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 121, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.153 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0ea',
    500: '#a279e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a279e0;
$custom-light: #c0a0ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a279e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.883,
    "s": 62.424,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65927,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A279E0

secondary

#DEEACA

accent

#CA1B85

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120F16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A279E0

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

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