#A161CD#A161CD

#A161CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.168 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A161CD
RGB	rgb(161, 97, 205)
HSL	hsl(276, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(276, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 52.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 45.41, -46.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 64.70, 314.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.1071 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.168 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9900, 20.5347, 60.1295)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A161CD #8DCD61

analogous

#6B61CD #A161CD #CD61C3

triadic

#A161CD #CDA161 #61CDA1

tetradic

#A161CD #CD6B61 #8DCD61 #61C3CD

square

#A161CD #CD6B61 #8DCD61 #61C3CD

split-complementary

#A161CD #C3CD61 #61CD6B

monochromatic

#622B88 #843AB7 #A161CD #BD8FDC #D8BEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#A161CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#A161CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A161CD

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A161CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A161CD	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B748E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a161cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 97, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.168 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf90dd',
    500: '#a161cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a161cd;
$custom-light: #bf90dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a161cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.556,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60898,
    "c": 0.16774,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A161CD

secondary

#C1DAB0

accent

#DB4C87

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F1FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A161CD

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

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