#A78EBB#A78EBB

#A78EBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.071 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78EBB
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 187)
HSL	hsl(273, 25%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(273, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 24.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 18.00, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 26.86, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% 0.0451 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.071 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5774, 31.1496, 51.1950)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78EBB #A2BB8E

analogous

#918EBB #A78EBB #BB8EB9

triadic

#A78EBB #BBA78E #8EBBA7

tetradic

#A78EBB #BB918E #A2BB8E #8EB9BB

square

#A78EBB #BB918E #A2BB8E #8EB9BB

split-complementary

#A78EBB #B9BB8E #8EBB91

monochromatic

#6A4E81 #8968A4 #A78EBB #C5B4D2 #E3DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A78EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#A78EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78EBB

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78EBB	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.071 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1afcf',
    500: '#a78ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78ebb;
$custom-light: #c1afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 24.862,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68484,
    "c": 0.07055,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78EBB

secondary

#D2DACB

accent

#A3426D

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78EBB

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

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