#A78CBC#A78CBC

#A78CBC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.075 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78CBC
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 188)
HSL	hsl(274, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(274, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 25.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 19.34, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 28.71, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% 0.0484 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.075 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3899, 30.6028, 51.6624)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78CBC #A1BC8C

analogous

#8F8CBC #A78CBC #BC8CB9

triadic

#A78CBC #BCA78C #8CBCA7

tetradic

#A78CBC #BC8F8C #A1BC8C #8CB9BC

square

#A78CBC #BC8F8C #A1BC8C #8CB9BC

split-complementary

#A78CBC #B9BC8C #8CBC8F

monochromatic

#6A4C82 #8965A5 #A78CBC #C5B3D3 #E2D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A78CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#A78CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78CBC

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78CBC	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A97BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5929D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.075 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1add0',
    500: '#a78cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78cbc;
$custom-light: #c1add0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 26.374,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6814,
    "c": 0.0754,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78CBC

secondary

#D1DACA

accent

#A5416C

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121014

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78CBC

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

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