#AA78DB#AA78DB

#AA78DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.150 H 306.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA78DB
RGB	rgb(170, 120, 219)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 45.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 38.48, -43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 58.06, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0882 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.15 306)
XYZ	xyz(36.0776, 27.0937, 70.3331)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA78DB #A9DB78

analogous

#7978DB #AA78DB #DB78DB

triadic

#AA78DB #DBAA78 #78DBAA

tetradic

#AA78DB #DB7978 #A9DB78 #78DBDB

square

#AA78DB #DB7978 #A9DB78 #78DBDB

split-complementary

#AA78DB #DBDB78 #78DB79

monochromatic

#6D2EAB #8C48CE #AA78DB #C8A8E8 #E7D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AA78DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#AA78DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA78DB

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA78DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA78DB	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8CDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2889F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa78db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 120, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.150 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5a0e6',
    500: '#aa78db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa78db;
$custom-light: #c5a0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa78db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.303,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66279,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.27093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA78DB

secondary

#D7E7C7

accent

#C52072

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA78DB

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

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