#A78EE3#A78EE3

#A78EE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 296.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78EE3
RGB	rgb(167, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(258, 37%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 27.14, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 48.18, 304.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0556 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.124 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4712, 33.1071, 76.9690)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78EE3 #CAE38E

analogous

#8EA0E3 #A78EE3 #D28EE3

triadic

#A78EE3 #E3A78E #8EE3A7

tetradic

#A78EE3 #E38EA0 #CAE38E #8EE3D2

square

#A78EE3 #E38EA0 #CAE38E #8EE3D2

split-complementary

#A78EE3 #E3D28E #A0E38E

monochromatic

#5D31C6 #815DD7 #A78EE3 #CDBFEF #ECE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#A78EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#A78EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78EE3

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78EE3	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B9DAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3afec',
    500: '#a78ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78ee3;
$custom-light: #c3afec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70251,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78EE3

secondary

#EAF0DB

accent

#C81E96

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78EE3

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

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