#A78CA7#A78CA7

#A78CA7 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.050 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78CA7
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(300, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 15.05, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 18.30, 325.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0415 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.05 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2886, 29.7623, 40.5955)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78CA7 #8CA78C

analogous

#998CA7 #A78CA7 #A78C99

triadic

#A78CA7 #A7A78C #8CA7A7

tetradic

#A78CA7 #A7998C #8CA78C #8C99A7

square

#A78CA7 #A7998C #8CA78C #8C99A7

split-complementary

#A78CA7 #99A78C #8CA799

monochromatic

#695069 #8B6B8B #A78CA7 #C2AFC2 #DCD1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A78CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#A78CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78CA7

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78CA7	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A92A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.050 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1adc1',
    500: '#a78ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78ca7;
$custom-light: #c1adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.3,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67344,
    "c": 0.04995,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78CA7

secondary

#C2CDC2

accent

#974E4E

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78CA7

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

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