#A478E7#A478E7

#A478E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.163 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A478E7
RGB	rgb(164, 120, 231)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(264, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 48.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 39.71, -50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 64.02, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0825 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.163 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4468, 27.0948, 78.8955)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A478E7 #BBE778

analogous

#7884E7 #A478E7 #DC78E7

triadic

#A478E7 #E7A478 #78E7A4

tetradic

#A478E7 #E77884 #BBE778 #78E7DC

square

#A478E7 #E77884 #BBE778 #78E7DC

split-complementary

#A478E7 #E7DC78 #84E778

monochromatic

#6223C2 #8144DE #A478E7 #C7ACF0 #EAE0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A478E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A478E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A478E7

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A478E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A478E7	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#558EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a478e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 120, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.163 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a0ef',
    500: '#a478e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a478e7;
$custom-light: #c2a0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a478e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.784,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66338,
    "c": 0.16349,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A478E7

secondary

#E1EECD

accent

#D21486

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A478E7

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

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