#A78BBD#A78BBD

#A78BBD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.078 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78BBD
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(274, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(274, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 20.13, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 29.89, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% 0.0502 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.078 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3527, 30.3552, 52.1837)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78BBD #A1BD8B

analogous

#8E8BBD #A78BBD #BD8BBA

triadic

#A78BBD #BDA78B #8BBDA7

tetradic

#A78BBD #BD8E8B #A1BD8B #8BBABD

square

#A78BBD #BD8E8B #A1BD8B #8BBABD

split-complementary

#A78BBD #BABD8B #8BBD8E

monochromatic

#6A4B83 #8964A7 #A78BBD #C5B2D3 #E2D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A78BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#A78BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78BBD

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78BBD	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8394BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5919D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.078 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1add1',
    500: '#a78bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78bbd;
$custom-light: #c1add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6799,
    "c": 0.07847,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78BBD

secondary

#D1DBC9

accent

#A63F6D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78BBD

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

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