#A161DD#A161DD

#A161DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.186 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A161DD
RGB	rgb(161, 97, 221)
HSL	hsl(271, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 56.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, 49.09, -53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 72.80, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.1079 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.186 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0210, 21.3471, 70.8261)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A161DD #9DDD61

analogous

#6361DD #A161DD #DD61DB

triadic

#A161DD #DDA161 #61DDA1

tetradic

#A161DD #DD6361 #9DDD61 #61DBDD

square

#A161DD #DD6361 #9DDD61 #61DBDD

split-complementary

#A161DD #DBDD61 #61DD63

monochromatic

#6423A1 #832FD2 #A161DD #BF93E8 #DDC6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#A161DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#A161DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A161DD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A161DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A161DD	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#327DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a161dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 97, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.186 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c090e8',
    500: '#a161dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a161dd;
$custom-light: #c090e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a161dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61841,
    "c": 0.18603,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A161DD

secondary

#CCE4B6

accent

#CC1970

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A161DD

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

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