#A978EB#A978EB

#A978EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.169 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A978EB
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 235)
HSL	hsl(266, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(266, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 41.99, -51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 66.29, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.089 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.169 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0706, 27.8660, 81.9542)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A978EB #BAEB78

analogous

#7881EB #A978EB #E378EB

triadic

#A978EB #EBA978 #78EBA9

tetradic

#A978EB #EB7881 #BAEB78 #78EBE3

square

#A978EB #EB7881 #BAEB78 #78EBE3

split-complementary

#A978EB #EBE378 #81EB78

monochromatic

#681ECB #8743E3 #A978EB #CBADF3 #EDE3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#A978EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#A978EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A978EB

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A978EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A978EB	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#548FEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6090E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a978eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.169 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a0f2',
    500: '#a978eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a978eb;
$custom-light: #c5a0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a978eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.565,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67047,
    "c": 0.16941,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A978EB

secondary

#E2F0CF

accent

#D60F81

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A978EB

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

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