#A978E9#A978E9

#A978E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.167 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A978E9
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(266, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 48.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, 41.51, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 65.25, 309.50°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0888 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.167 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7833, 27.7511, 80.4410)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A978E9 #B8E978

analogous

#7880E9 #A978E9 #E278E9

triadic

#A978E9 #E9A978 #78E9A9

tetradic

#A978E9 #E97880 #B8E978 #78E9E2

square

#A978E9 #E97880 #B8E978 #78E9E2

split-complementary

#A978E9 #E9E278 #80E978

monochromatic

#6820C6 #8743E0 #A978E9 #CBADF2 #ECE1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#A978E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#A978E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A978E9

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A978E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A978E9	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#558FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628FE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a978e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.167 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a0f0',
    500: '#a978e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a978e9;
$custom-light: #c5a0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a978e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.018,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66935,
    "c": 0.16696,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A978E9

secondary

#E1EFCE

accent

#D41180

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A978E9

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

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