#A78ECB#A78ECB

#A78ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.092 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78ECB
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(265, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 21.51, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 35.31, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.0498 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.092 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3866, 31.8733, 60.7236)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78ECB #B2CB8E

analogous

#8E93CB #A78ECB #C58ECB

triadic

#A78ECB #CBA78E #8ECBA7

tetradic

#A78ECB #CB8E93 #B2CB8E #8ECBC5

square

#A78ECB #CB8E93 #B2CB8E #8ECBC5

split-complementary

#A78ECB #CBC58E #93CB8E

monochromatic

#684698 #8664B8 #A78ECB #C8B8DE #E8E2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A78ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A78ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78ECB

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78ECB	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8198CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A197A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.092 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2afdb',
    500: '#a78ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78ecb;
$custom-light: #c2afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.59,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69148,
    "c": 0.09171,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78ECB

secondary

#DCE4D1

accent

#B0367E

background

#FBFAFD

surface

#F7F4FB

border

#D0CED4

text

#121015

muted

#817F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78ECB

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

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