#A279F5#A279F5

#A279F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.179 H 296.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A279F5
RGB	rgb(162, 121, 245)
HSL	hsl(260, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(260, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 50.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 42.13, -56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 70.69, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.08 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.179 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2150, 27.9481, 89.7497)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A279F5 #CCF579

analogous

#798EF5 #A279F5 #E079F5

triadic

#A279F5 #F5A279 #79F5A2

tetradic

#A279F5 #F5798E #CCF579 #79F5E0

square

#A279F5 #F5798E #CCF579 #79F5E0

split-complementary

#A279F5 #F5E079 #8EF579

monochromatic

#5611E3 #7A40F1 #A279F5 #CAB2F9 #EBE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A279F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#A279F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A279F5

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A279F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A279F5	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A91F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548FF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F91AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a279f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 121, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.179 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a0f9',
    500: '#a279f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a279f5;
$custom-light: #c1a0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a279f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.839,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67118,
    "c": 0.17921,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A279F5

secondary

#EAF5D5

accent

#E30399

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A279F5

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

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