#A78CE8#A78CE8

#A78CE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.134 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78CE8
RGB	rgb(167, 140, 232)
HSL	hsl(258, 67%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(258, 40%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 39.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 29.50, -42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 52.11, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.0593 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.134 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8764, 32.7974, 80.5579)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78CE8 #CDE88C

analogous

#8C9FE8 #A78CE8 #D58CE8

triadic

#A78CE8 #E8A78C #8CE8A7

tetradic

#A78CE8 #E88C9F #CDE88C #8CE8D5

square

#A78CE8 #E88C9F #CDE88C #8CE8D5

split-complementary

#A78CE8 #E8D58C #9FE88C

monochromatic

#5A2AD0 #8059DE #A78CE8 #CEBFF2 #EBE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#A78CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#A78CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78CE8

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78CE8	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729CEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#999CAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 140, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.134 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3aeef',
    500: '#a78ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78ce8;
$custom-light: #c3aeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.609,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70135,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78CE8

secondary

#EAF1DA

accent

#CF1799

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78CE8

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

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