#A478D4#A478D4

#A478D4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.140 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A478D4
RGB	rgb(164, 120, 212)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(269, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 43.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, 35.17, -41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 54.07, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.0799 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.14 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9075, 26.0791, 65.5220)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A478D4 #A8D478

analogous

#787AD4 #A478D4 #D278D4

triadic

#A478D4 #D4A478 #78D4A4

tetradic

#A478D4 #D4787A #A8D478 #78D4D2

square

#A478D4 #D4787A #A8D478 #78D4D2

split-complementary

#A478D4 #D4D278 #7AD478

monochromatic

#66339F #854AC5 #A478D4 #C3A6E3 #E3D5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#A478D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#A478D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A478D4

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A478D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A478D4	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a478d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 120, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.140 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a0e1',
    500: '#a478d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a478d4;
$custom-light: #c1a0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a478d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 51.685,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65316,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A478D4

secondary

#D5E3C4

accent

#BF2676

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A478D4

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

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