#A78BEE#A78BEE

#A78BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.143 H 295.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78BEE
RGB	rgb(167, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(257, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(257, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 31.54, -46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 55.95, 304.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.0617 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.143 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5978, 32.8532, 85.0747)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78BEE #D2EE8B

analogous

#8BA1EE #A78BEE #D98BEE

triadic

#A78BEE #EEA78B #8BEEA7

tetradic

#A78BEE #EE8BA1 #D2EE8B #8BEED9

square

#A78BEE #EE8BA1 #D2EE8B #8BEED9

split-complementary

#A78BEE #EED98B #A1EE8B

monochromatic

#5621DE #7F56E6 #A78BEE #CFC0F6 #EBE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A78BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#A78BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78BEE

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78BEE	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E9CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#729AEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989DB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.143 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3adf4',
    500: '#a78bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78bee;
$custom-light: #c3adf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.97,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70262,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78BEE

secondary

#EBF3D8

accent

#D70F9E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78BEE

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

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