#A78AE7#A78AE7

#A78AE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.136 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78AE7
RGB	rgb(167, 138, 231)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(259, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 40.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 30.38, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 52.84, 305.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0618 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.136 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4452, 32.1616, 79.7155)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78AE7 #CAE78A

analogous

#8A9BE7 #A78AE7 #D68AE7

triadic

#A78AE7 #E7A78A #8AE7A7

tetradic

#A78AE7 #E78A9B #CAE78A #8AE7D6

square

#A78AE7 #E78A9B #CAE78A #8AE7D6

split-complementary

#A78AE7 #E7D68A #9BE78A

monochromatic

#5D2ACD #8157DD #A78AE7 #CDBDF1 #ECE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#A78AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#A78AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78AE7

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78AE7	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709AEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7599E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A9AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 138, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.136 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3acef',
    500: '#a78ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78ae7;
$custom-light: #c3acef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.71,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69725,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78AE7

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CE1895

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78AE7

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

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