#A979EA#A979EA

#A979EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.167 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A979EA
RGB	rgb(169, 121, 234)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(265, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 48.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 41.19, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 65.15, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0876 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.167 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0475, 28.0502, 81.2357)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A979EA #BAEA79

analogous

#7982EA #A979EA #E279EA

triadic

#A979EA #EAA979 #79EAA9

tetradic

#A979EA #EA7982 #BAEA79 #79EAE2

square

#A979EA #EA7982 #BAEA79 #79EAE2

split-complementary

#A979EA #EAE279 #82EA79

monochromatic

#6820C9 #8744E2 #A979EA #CBAEF2 #EDE3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#A979EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#A979EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A979EA

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A979EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A979EA	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)

#5690EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6290E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D8DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a979ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 121, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.167 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a1f1',
    500: '#a979ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a979ea;
$custom-light: #c5a1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a979ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.487,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67154,
    "c": 0.16663,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A979EA

secondary

#E2F0CF

accent

#D51182

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A979EA

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

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