#A478BD#A478BD

#A478BD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.111 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A478BD
RGB	rgb(164, 120, 189)
HSL	hsl(278, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(278, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 36.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, 29.97, -29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 42.16, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.0753 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.111 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2101, 25.0001, 51.3156)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A478BD #91BD78

analogous

#8178BD #A478BD #BD78B3

triadic

#A478BD #BDA478 #78BDA4

tetradic

#A478BD #BD8178 #91BD78 #78B3BD

square

#A478BD #BD8178 #91BD78 #78B3BD

split-complementary

#A478BD #B3BD78 #78BD81

monochromatic

#663D7D #8851A6 #A478BD #C0A1D1 #DBCAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#A478BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#A478BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A478BD

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A478BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A478BD	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C87C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A28192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a478bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 120, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.111 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09fd1',
    500: '#a478bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a478bd;
$custom-light: #c09fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a478bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.261,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64194,
    "c": 0.11107,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A478BD

secondary

#C5D6BB

accent

#AD3863

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A478BD

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

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