#A978D5#A978D5

#A978D5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.142 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A978D5
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 213)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(272, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 43.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 36.82, -40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 54.90, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% 0.0861 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.142 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0865, 26.6724, 66.2378)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A978D5 #A4D578

analogous

#7B78D5 #A978D5 #D578D2

triadic

#A978D5 #D5A978 #78D5A9

tetradic

#A978D5 #D57B78 #A4D578 #78D2D5

square

#A978D5 #D57B78 #A4D578 #78D2D5

split-complementary

#A978D5 #D2D578 #78D57B

monochromatic

#6C32A1 #8B49C6 #A978D5 #C7A7E4 #E4D5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#A978D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#A978D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A978D5

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A978D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A978D5	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#628BD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a978d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.142 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a0e2',
    500: '#a978d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a978d5;
$custom-light: #c4a0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a978d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.613,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65868,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A978D5

secondary

#D4E4C5

accent

#C0266F

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A978D5

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

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