#A978DD#A978DD

#A978DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.152 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A978DD
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(269, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 45.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 38.67, -44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 59.04, 310.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0873 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.152 305)
XYZ	xyz(36.1271, 27.0886, 71.7180)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A978DD #ACDD78

analogous

#787ADD #A978DD #DC78DD

triadic

#A978DD #DDA978 #78DDA9

tetradic

#A978DD #DD787A #ACDD78 #78DDDC

square

#A978DD #DD787A #ACDD78 #78DDDC

split-complementary

#A978DD #DDDC78 #7ADD78

monochromatic

#6B2CAF #8A47D1 #A978DD #C8A9E9 #E7DAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#A978DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#A978DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A978DD

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A978DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A978DD	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D8DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A189A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a978dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.152 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a0e8',
    500: '#a978dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a978dd;
$custom-light: #c5a0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a978dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.109,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66284,
    "c": 0.15221,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.27088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A978DD

secondary

#D9E9C8

accent

#C71E75

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A978DD

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

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