#A161E6#A161E6
#A161E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.196 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A161E6 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(161, 97, 230) |
| HSL | hsl(269, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(269, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(30%, 57.8%, 0%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.86, 51.21, -57.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(53.86, 77.36, 311.45°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.4% 0.108 -0.1639) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.4% 0.196 303.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.2523, 21.8397, 77.3112) |
| Luminance | 0.2184 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Lighter Purple
#A55AF4
ΔE00 2.31
Lightish Purple
#A552E6
ΔE00 3.34
Mediumpurple
#9370DB
ΔE00 4.87
Light Urple
#B36FF6
ΔE00 5.25
Purpley
#8756E4
ΔE00 5.93
Amethyst
#9B5FC0
ΔE00 6.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A161E6 #A6E661
analogous
#6164E6 #A161E6 #E461E6
triadic
#A161E6 #E6A161 #61E6A1
tetradic
#A161E6 #E66164 #A6E661 #61E6E4
square
#A161E6 #E66164 #A6E661 #61E6E4
split-complementary
#A161E6 #E6E461 #64E661
monochromatic
#641CB1 #822CDE #A161E6 #C096EE #E0CBF7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.91
#A161E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.37
#A161E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A161E6
5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A161E6 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A161E6 | 1.00 | 3.91 | 5.37 | 5.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#247FEA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4181E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#947C9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a161e6; /* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 97, 230); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.196 303.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c190ef',
500: '#a161e6',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a161e6; $custom-light: #c190ef; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a161e6",
"rgb": {
"r": 161,
"g": 97,
"b": 230
},
"hsl": {
"h": 268.872,
"s": 72.678,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62399,
"c": 0.1963,
"h": 303.4
},
"luminance": 0.2184
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A161E6
secondary
#D2E9BA
accent
#D51176
background
#FCF9FE
surface
#F8F1FD
border
#D1CBD5
text
#130D16
muted
#827E84