#A78CA3#A78CA3

#A78CA3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.046 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78CA3
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(309, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(309, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 2.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, 14.28, -8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 16.53, 329.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% 0.04 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.046 331)
XYZ	xyz(31.9246, 29.6166, 38.6781)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78CA3 #8CA790

analogous

#9D8CA7 #A78CA3 #A78C95

triadic

#A78CA3 #A3A78C #8CA3A7

tetradic

#A78CA3 #A79D8C #8CA790 #8C95A7

square

#A78CA3 #A79D8C #8CA790 #8C95A7

split-complementary

#A78CA3 #95A78C #8CA79D

monochromatic

#695065 #8B6B86 #A78CA3 #C2AFBF #DCD1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A78CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A78CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78CA3

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78CA3	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.046 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1adbe',
    500: '#a78ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78ca3;
$custom-light: #c1adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.889,
    "s": 13.3,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67205,
    "c": 0.04575,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.29616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78CA3

secondary

#C2CDC4

accent

#97594E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78CA3

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

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