#A978F9#A978F9

#A978F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.187 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A978F9
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 249)
HSL	hsl(263, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(263, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 51.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, 45.40, -57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 73.53, 308.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.0901 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.187 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1734, 28.7071, 93.0287)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A978F9 #C8F978

analogous

#7887F9 #A978F9 #EA78F9

triadic

#A978F9 #F9A978 #78F9A9

tetradic

#A978F9 #F97887 #C8F978 #78F9EA

square

#A978F9 #F97887 #C8F978 #78F9EA

split-complementary

#A978F9 #F9EA78 #87F978

monochromatic

#600AEC #843DF6 #A978F9 #CEB3FC #ECE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A978F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#A978F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A978F9

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A978F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A978F9	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4892FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5591F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9891AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a978f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.187 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a0fc',
    500: '#a978f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a978f9;
$custom-light: #c6a0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a978f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.791,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67852,
    "c": 0.18652,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A978F9

secondary

#E9F6D5

accent

#E6008E

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A978F9

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

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