#A78BBF#A78BBF

#A78BBF is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.081 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78BBF
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 191)
HSL	hsl(272, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(272, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 27.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 20.56, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 30.93, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.0508 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.081 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5712, 30.4426, 53.3349)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78BBF #A3BF8B

analogous

#8D8BBF #A78BBF #BF8BBD

triadic

#A78BBF #BFA78B #8BBFA7

tetradic

#A78BBF #BF8D8B #A3BF8B #8BBDBF

square

#A78BBF #BF8D8B #A3BF8B #8BBDBF

split-complementary

#A78BBF #BDBF8B #8BBF8D

monochromatic

#6A4A86 #8964A9 #A78BBF #C5B2D5 #E3DAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A78BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A78BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78BBF

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78BBF	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8295C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4929D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.081 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1add2',
    500: '#a78bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78bbf;
$custom-light: #c1add2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 28.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68072,
    "c": 0.08107,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78BBF

secondary

#D2DCCA

accent

#A83E6F

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78BBF

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

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