#A279EA#A279EA

#A279EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.165 H 298.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A279EA
RGB	rgb(162, 121, 234)
HSL	hsl(262, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 48.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 39.37, -51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 64.91, 307.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0791 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.165 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5854, 27.2963, 81.1672)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A279EA #C1EA79

analogous

#7989EA #A279EA #DB79EA

triadic

#A279EA #EAA279 #79EAA2

tetradic

#A279EA #EA7989 #C1EA79 #79EADB

square

#A279EA #EA7989 #C1EA79 #79EADB

split-complementary

#A279EA #EADB79 #89EA79

monochromatic

#5D20C9 #7D44E2 #A279EA #C7AEF2 #EBE3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A279EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#A279EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A279EA

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A279EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A279EA	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#548FEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a279ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 121, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.165 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0f1',
    500: '#a279ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a279ea;
$custom-light: #c0a0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a279ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.77,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66482,
    "c": 0.16538,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A279EA

secondary

#E4F0CF

accent

#D5118E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A279EA

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

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