#A279EB#A279EB

#A279EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.167 H 298.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A279EB
RGB	rgb(162, 121, 235)
HSL	hsl(262, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 48.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 39.62, -52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 65.44, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% 0.0792 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.167 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7294, 27.3539, 81.9259)
Luminance	0.2735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A279EB #C2EB79

analogous

#7989EB #A279EB #DB79EB

triadic

#A279EB #EBA279 #79EBA2

tetradic

#A279EB #EB7989 #C2EB79 #79EBDB

square

#A279EB #EB7989 #C2EB79 #79EBDB

split-complementary

#A279EB #EBDB79 #89EB79

monochromatic

#5D1ECB #7D44E3 #A279EB #C7AEF3 #ECE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#A279EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#A279EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A279EB

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A279EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A279EB	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538FEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a279eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 121, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.167 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0a0f2',
    500: '#a279eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a279eb;
$custom-light: #c0a0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a279eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.579,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66539,
    "c": 0.16664,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A279EB

secondary

#E4F0D0

accent

#D60F8F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A279EB

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

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