#A477D7#A477D7

#A477D7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.145 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A477D7
RGB	rgb(164, 119, 215)
HSL	hsl(268, 55%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 45%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 44.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 36.43, -42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 56.27, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.0818 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.145 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1698, 25.9926, 67.4937)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A477D7 #AAD777

analogous

#777AD7 #A477D7 #D477D7

triadic

#A477D7 #D7A477 #77D7A4

tetradic

#A477D7 #D7777A #AAD777 #77D7D4

square

#A477D7 #D7777A #AAD777 #77D7D4

split-complementary

#A477D7 #D7D477 #7AD777

monochromatic

#6630A4 #8448C9 #A477D7 #C4A6E5 #E3D6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A477D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A477D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A477D7

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A477D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A477D7	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C879D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a477d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 119, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.145 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c19fe4',
    500: '#a477d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a477d7;
$custom-light: #c19fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a477d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65302,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A477D7

secondary

#D6E5C5

accent

#C22378

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E15

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A477D7

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

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