#A78ABA#A78ABA

#A78ABA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.076 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78ABA
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(276, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 20.05, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 29.01, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0508 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.076 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8863, 29.9380, 50.4383)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78ABA #9DBA8A

analogous

#8F8ABA #A78ABA #BA8AB5

triadic

#A78ABA #BAA78A #8ABAA7

tetradic

#A78ABA #BA8F8A #9DBA8A #8AB5BA

square

#A78ABA #BA8F8A #9DBA8A #8AB5BA

split-complementary

#A78ABA #B5BA8A #8ABA8F

monochromatic

#6A4B7F #8A64A3 #A78ABA #C4B0D1 #E1D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A78ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#A78ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78ABA

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78ABA	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8393BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8995B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5909B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.076 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1acce',
    500: '#a78aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78aba;
$custom-light: #c1acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.25,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67678,
    "c": 0.07642,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78ABA

secondary

#CED8C7

accent

#A44168

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78ABA

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

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