#A478EF#A478EF

#A478EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.173 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A478EF
RGB	rgb(164, 120, 239)
HSL	hsl(262, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 49.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 41.68, -53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 68.21, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0833 -0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.173 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6026, 27.5571, 84.9826)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A478EF #C3EF78

analogous

#7887EF #A478EF #E078EF

triadic

#A478EF #EFA478 #78EFA4

tetradic

#A478EF #EF7887 #C3EF78 #78EFE0

square

#A478EF #EF7887 #C3EF78 #78EFE0

split-complementary

#A478EF #EFE078 #87EF78

monochromatic

#5E19D4 #7F41E9 #A478EF #C9AFF5 #EDE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#A478EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#A478EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A478EF

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A478EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A478EF	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F8FF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A8EEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948FA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a478ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 120, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.173 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2a0f5',
    500: '#a478ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a478ef;
$custom-light: #c2a0f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a478ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.185,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66792,
    "c": 0.17347,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A478EF

secondary

#E6F2D1

accent

#DB0A8E

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A478EF

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

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