#A478CD#A478CD

#A478CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.131 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A478CD
RGB	rgb(164, 120, 205)
HSL	hsl(271, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(271, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 41.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, 33.55, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 50.42, 311.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.0787 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.131 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0436, 25.7335, 60.9721)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A478CD #A1CD78

analogous

#7978CD #A478CD #CD78CB

triadic

#A478CD #CDA478 #78CDA4

tetradic

#A478CD #CD7978 #A1CD78 #78CBCD

square

#A478CD #CD7978 #A1CD78 #78CBCD

split-complementary

#A478CD #CBCD78 #78CD79

monochromatic

#673794 #864BBC #A478CD #C2A5DE #E0D1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A478CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A478CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A478CD

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A478CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A478CD	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6589D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a478cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 120, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.131 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09fdc',
    500: '#a478cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a478cd;
$custom-light: #c09fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a478cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.059,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64961,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A478CD

secondary

#D0DFC1

accent

#B92C70

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A478CD

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

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