#A78EA3#A78EA3

#A78EA3 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.042 H 331.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78EA3
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(310, 12%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(310, 15%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 2.4%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, 13.15, -7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 15.17, 330.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0369 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.042 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2195, 30.2064, 38.7764)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78EA3 #8EA792

analogous

#9E8EA7 #A78EA3 #A78E96

triadic

#A78EA3 #A3A78E #8EA3A7

tetradic

#A78EA3 #A79E8E #8EA792 #8E96A7

square

#A78EA3 #A79E8E #8EA792 #8E96A7

split-complementary

#A78EA3 #96A78E #8EA79E

monochromatic

#695265 #8B6C86 #A78EA3 #C2B0BF #DDD3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A78EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#A78EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78EA3

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78EA3	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.042 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1afbe',
    500: '#a78ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78ea3;
$custom-light: #c1afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.6,
    "s": 12.438,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.676,
    "c": 0.04201,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78EA3

secondary

#C4CDC5

accent

#975A4F

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F6

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78EA3

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

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