#A978EE#A978EE

#A978EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.173 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A978EE
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(265, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 49.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 42.71, -52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 67.84, 309.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% 0.0893 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.173 301)
XYZ	xyz(38.5077, 28.0409, 84.2561)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A978EE #BDEE78

analogous

#7882EE #A978EE #E478EE

triadic

#A978EE #EEA978 #78EEA9

tetradic

#A978EE #EE7882 #BDEE78 #78EEE4

square

#A978EE #EE7882 #BDEE78 #78EEE4

split-complementary

#A978EE #EEE478 #82EE78

monochromatic

#661AD1 #8642E7 #A978EE #CCAEF5 #EEE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A978EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#A978EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A978EE

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A978EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A978EE	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5190F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E90EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C8EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a978ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.173 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a0f4',
    500: '#a978ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a978ee;
$custom-light: #c5a0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a978ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.915,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67216,
    "c": 0.17309,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.28041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A978EE

secondary

#E4F1D1

accent

#DA0C84

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A978EE

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

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