#A978BF#A978BF

#A978BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.116 H 314.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A978BF
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 191)
HSL	hsl(281, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(281, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 37.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 31.97, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 43.70, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.0818 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.116 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4812, 25.6302, 52.5162)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A978BF #8EBF78

analogous

#8578BF #A978BF #BF78B1

triadic

#A978BF #BFA978 #78BFA9

tetradic

#A978BF #BF8578 #8EBF78 #78B1BF

square

#A978BF #BF8578 #8EBF78 #78B1BF

split-complementary

#A978BF #B1BF78 #78BF85

monochromatic

#6B3D80 #8E50A9 #A978BF #C3A2D3 #DECBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A978BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#A978BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A978BF

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A978BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A978BF	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C88C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a978bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.116 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3a0d2',
    500: '#a978bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a978bf;
$custom-light: #c3a0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a978bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.408,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64803,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A978BF

secondary

#C4D7BC

accent

#AF375C

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A978BF

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