#A78CA9#A78CA9

#A78CA9 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.052 H 323.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78CA9
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(296, 14%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(296, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 15.44, -11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 19.22, 323.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% 0.0422 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.052 323.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4749, 29.8368, 41.5767)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78CA9 #8EA98C

analogous

#988CA9 #A78CA9 #A98C9C

triadic

#A78CA9 #A9A78C #8CA9A7

tetradic

#A78CA9 #A9988C #8EA98C #8C9CA9

square

#A78CA9 #A9988C #8EA98C #8C9CA9

split-complementary

#A78CA9 #9CA98C #8CA998

monochromatic

#69506B #8B6A8E #A78CA9 #C2AFC3 #DDD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A78CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#A78CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78CA9

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78CA9	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.052 323.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1adc2',
    500: '#a78ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78ca9;
$custom-light: #c1adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.862,
    "s": 14.428,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67416,
    "c": 0.05216,
    "h": 323.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78CA9

secondary

#C4CEC3

accent

#994D52

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78CA9

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

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