#A78FBB#A78FBB

#A78FBB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.069 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78FBB
RGB	rgb(167, 143, 187)
HSL	hsl(273, 24%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(273, 24%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 23.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, 17.43, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 26.20, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.68% 0.0436 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(68.68% 0.069 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7269, 31.4485, 51.2448)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78FBB #A3BB8F

analogous

#918FBB #A78FBB #BB8FB9

triadic

#A78FBB #BBA78F #8FBBA7

tetradic

#A78FBB #BB918F #A3BB8F #8FB9BB

square

#A78FBB #BB918F #A3BB8F #8FB9BB

split-complementary

#A78FBB #B9BB8F #8FBB91

monochromatic

#6A4E81 #8969A4 #A78FBB #C5B5D2 #E3DBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A78FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A78FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A78FBB

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78FBB	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 143, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.069 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b0cf',
    500: '#a78fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78fbb;
$custom-light: #c1b0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68678,
    "c": 0.06876,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78FBB

secondary

#D2DACB

accent

#A3436E

background

#FBFAFC

surface

#F7F4F9

border

#D0CED2

text

#121013

muted

#817F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78FBB

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

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