#A978BE#A978BE

#A978BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.115 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A978BE
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 190)
HSL	hsl(282, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(282, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 36.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 31.75, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 43.21, 317.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.0815 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.115 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3715, 25.5864, 51.9386)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A978BE #8DBE78

analogous

#8678BE #A978BE #BE78B0

triadic

#A978BE #BEA978 #78BEA9

tetradic

#A978BE #BE8678 #8DBE78 #78B0BE

square

#A978BE #BE8678 #8DBE78 #78B0BE

split-complementary

#A978BE #B0BE78 #78BE86

monochromatic

#6B3D7F #8E51A8 #A978BE #C3A1D2 #DECBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A978BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#A978BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A978BE

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A978BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A978BE	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D87C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a978be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.115 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39fd2',
    500: '#a978be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a978be;
$custom-light: #c39fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a978be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64757,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A978BE

secondary

#C4D6BC

accent

#AE385B

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A978BE

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

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