#A978E7#A978E7

#A978E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.165 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A978E7
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 231)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(266, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 48.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 41.03, -49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 64.21, 309.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.0886 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.165 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4993, 27.6375, 78.9448)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A978E7 #B6E778

analogous

#787FE7 #A978E7 #E078E7

triadic

#A978E7 #E7A978 #78E7A9

tetradic

#A978E7 #E7787F #B6E778 #78E7E0

square

#A978E7 #E7787F #B6E778 #78E7E0

split-complementary

#A978E7 #E7E078 #7FE778

monochromatic

#6923C2 #8844DE #A978E7 #CAACF0 #EBE0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#A978E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#A978E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A978E7

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A978E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A978E7	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578EEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638FE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E8CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a978e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.165 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a0ef',
    500: '#a978e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a978e7;
$custom-light: #c5a0ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a978e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.486,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66825,
    "c": 0.1645,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A978E7

secondary

#DFEECD

accent

#D2147E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A978E7

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

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