#A478EE#A478EE

#A478EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.172 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A478EE
RGB	rgb(164, 120, 238)
HSL	hsl(262, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 49.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 41.43, -53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 67.69, 307.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.0832 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.172 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4552, 27.4982, 84.2067)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A478EE #C2EE78

analogous

#7887EE #A478EE #DF78EE

triadic

#A478EE #EEA478 #78EEA4

tetradic

#A478EE #EE7887 #C2EE78 #78EEDF

square

#A478EE #EE7887 #C2EE78 #78EEDF

split-complementary

#A478EE #EEDF78 #87EE78

monochromatic

#5F1AD1 #7F42E7 #A478EE #C9AEF5 #EDE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A478EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#A478EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A478EE

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A478EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A478EE	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F8FF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a478ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 120, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.172 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a0f4',
    500: '#a478ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a478ee;
$custom-light: #c2a0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a478ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.373,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66734,
    "c": 0.17223,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A478EE

secondary

#E5F1D1

accent

#DA0C8D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A478EE

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

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