#A161E5#A161E5

#A161E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.195 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A161E5
RGB	rgb(161, 97, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 50.97, -57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 76.85, 311.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.108 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.195 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1123, 21.7837, 76.5738)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A161E5 #A5E561

analogous

#6163E5 #A161E5 #E361E5

triadic

#A161E5 #E5A161 #61E5A1

tetradic

#A161E5 #E56163 #A5E561 #61E5E3

square

#A161E5 #E56163 #A5E561 #61E5E3

split-complementary

#A161E5 #E5E361 #63E561

monochromatic

#641DAF #822CDC #A161E5 #C096EE #E0CAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#A161E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#A161E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A161E5

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A161E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A161E5	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#267FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4280E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a161e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 97, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.195 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c190ee',
    500: '#a161e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a161e5;
$custom-light: #c190ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a161e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62336,
    "c": 0.19516,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A161E5

secondary

#D2E8BA

accent

#D41276

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A161E5

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

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