#A78CAA#A78CAA

#A78CAA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.053 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78CAA
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(294, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(294, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 15.64, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 19.69, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.0425 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.053 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5692, 29.8745, 42.0731)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78CAA #8FAA8C

analogous

#988CAA #A78CAA #AA8C9E

triadic

#A78CAA #AAA78C #8CAAA7

tetradic

#A78CAA #AA988C #8FAA8C #8C9EAA

square

#A78CAA #AA988C #8FAA8C #8C9EAA

split-complementary

#A78CAA #9EAA8C #8CAA98

monochromatic

#69506C #8B6A8F #A78CAA #C2AFC4 #DDD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A78CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#A78CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78CAA

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78CAA	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)

#8A93AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.053 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1adc3',
    500: '#a78caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78caa;
$custom-light: #c1adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67452,
    "c": 0.05329,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78CAA

secondary

#C4CFC3

accent

#994C54

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78CAA

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

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