#A78BCB#A78BCB

#A78BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.097 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78BCB
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(266, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 23.22, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 37.26, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0542 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.097 304)
XYZ	xyz(35.9463, 30.9926, 60.5768)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78BCB #AFCB8B

analogous

#8B8FCB #A78BCB #C78BCB

triadic

#A78BCB #CBA78B #8BCBA7

tetradic

#A78BCB #CB8B8F #AFCB8B #8BCBC7

square

#A78BCB #CB8B8F #AFCB8B #8BCBC7

split-complementary

#A78BCB #CBC78B #8FCB8B

monochromatic

#694498 #8761B8 #A78BCB #C7B5DE #E7E0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A78BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A78BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78BCB

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78BCB	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E96CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A194A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.097 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2addb',
    500: '#a78bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78bcb;
$custom-light: #c2addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68584,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.30993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78BCB

secondary

#DAE3CF

accent

#B1347B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78BCB

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

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