#A978BD#A978BD

#A978BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.113 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A978BD
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 189)
HSL	hsl(283, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 36.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 31.54, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 42.71, 317.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.0813 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.113 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2626, 25.5428, 51.3650)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A978BD #8CBD78

analogous

#8678BD #A978BD #BD78AE

triadic

#A978BD #BDA978 #78BDA9

tetradic

#A978BD #BD8678 #8CBD78 #78AEBD

square

#A978BD #BD8678 #8CBD78 #78AEBD

split-complementary

#A978BD #AEBD78 #78BD86

monochromatic

#6B3D7D #8E51A6 #A978BD #C3A1D1 #DDCAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#A978BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A978BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A978BD

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A978BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A978BD	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D87C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a978bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.113 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39fd1',
    500: '#a978bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a978bd;
$custom-light: #c39fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a978bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.609,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64712,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A978BD

secondary

#C3D6BB

accent

#AD385A

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A978BD

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

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