#AA78C8#AA78C8

#AA78C8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.127 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA78C8
RGB	rgb(170, 120, 200)
HSL	hsl(278, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 40%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 34.21, -34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 48.33, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% 0.0849 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.127 312)
XYZ	xyz(33.7176, 26.1497, 57.9036)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA78C8 #96C878

analogous

#8278C8 #AA78C8 #C878BE

triadic

#AA78C8 #C8AA78 #78C8AA

tetradic

#AA78C8 #C88278 #96C878 #78BEC8

square

#AA78C8 #C88278 #96C878 #78BEC8

split-complementary

#AA78C8 #BEC878 #78C882

monochromatic

#6D398C #8F4DB6 #AA78C8 #C5A3DA #E1CFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#AA78C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#AA78C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA78C8

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA78C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA78C8	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6989CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa78c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 120, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.127 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4a0d9',
    500: '#aa78c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa78c8;
$custom-light: #c4a0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa78c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65328,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.26149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA78C8

secondary

#CADCBF

accent

#B53062

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130F14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA78C8

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

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