#A978C3#A978C3

#A978C3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.121 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A978C3
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 195)
HSL	hsl(279, 38%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 38.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 32.82, -31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 45.71, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.0827 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.121 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9274, 25.8087, 54.8662)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A978C3 #92C378

analogous

#8478C3 #A978C3 #C378B8

triadic

#A978C3 #C3A978 #78C3A9

tetradic

#A978C3 #C38478 #92C378 #78B8C3

square

#A978C3 #C38478 #92C378 #78B8C3

split-complementary

#A978C3 #B8C378 #78C384

monochromatic

#6C3B85 #8E4EB0 #A978C3 #C4A2D6 #DFCDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#A978C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#A978C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A978C3

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A978C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A978C3	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B88C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778CC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a978c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.121 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a0d5',
    500: '#a978c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a978c3;
$custom-light: #c4a0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a978c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.2,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64988,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A978C3

secondary

#C7D9BE

accent

#B13460

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130E14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A978C3

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

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