#A161E1#A161E1
#A161E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.191 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A161E1 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(161, 97, 225) |
| HSL | hsl(270, 68%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(270, 57%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(28.4%, 56.9%, 0%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.56, 50.03, -55.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(53.56, 74.83, 311.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.09% 0.108 -0.1571) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.09% 0.191 304.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.5603, 21.5628, 73.6663) |
| Luminance | 0.2156 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Lighter Purple
#A55AF4
ΔE00 2.92
Lightish Purple
#A552E6
ΔE00 3.31
Mediumpurple
#9370DB
ΔE00 4.83
Amethyst
#9B5FC0
ΔE00 5.48
Light Urple
#B36FF6
ΔE00 5.56
Purpley
#8756E4
ΔE00 6.04
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A161E1 #A1E161
analogous
#6161E1 #A161E1 #E161E1
triadic
#A161E1 #E1A161 #61E1A1
tetradic
#A161E1 #E16161 #A1E161 #61E1E1
square
#A161E1 #E16161 #A1E161 #61E1E1
split-complementary
#A161E1 #E1E161 #61E161
monochromatic
#6420A8 #822ED7 #A161E1 #C094EB #DEC8F5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.95
#A161E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.31
#A161E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A161E1
5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A161E1 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A161E1 | 1.00 | 3.95 | 5.31 | 5.31 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.95 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#2D7EE5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4780DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#967A98
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a161e1; /* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 97, 225); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.191 304.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c090eb',
500: '#a161e1',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a161e1; $custom-light: #c090eb; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a161e1",
"rgb": {
"r": 161,
"g": 97,
"b": 225
},
"hsl": {
"h": 270,
"s": 68.085,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62087,
"c": 0.19059,
"h": 304.5
},
"luminance": 0.21563
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A161E1
secondary
#CFE6B8
accent
#D01573
background
#FCF9FE
surface
#F8F1FD
border
#D1CBD5
text
#130D16
muted
#827E84