#A161E9#A161E9

#A161E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.200 H 302.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A161E9
RGB	rgb(161, 97, 233)
HSL	hsl(268, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 58.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 51.92, -59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 78.88, 311.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.108 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.2 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6772, 22.0096, 79.5491)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A161E9 #A9E961

analogous

#6165E9 #A161E9 #E561E9

triadic

#A161E9 #E9A161 #61E9A1

tetradic

#A161E9 #E96165 #A9E961 #61E9E5

square

#A161E9 #E96165 #A9E961 #61E9E5

split-complementary

#A161E9 #E9E561 #65E961

monochromatic

#6319B6 #812BE2 #A161E9 #C197F0 #E1CCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#A161E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#A161E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A161E9

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A161E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A161E9	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E80ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E81E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937D9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a161e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 97, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.200 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c190f1',
    500: '#a161e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a161e9;
$custom-light: #c190f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a161e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62589,
    "c": 0.19972,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A161E9

secondary

#D4EABC

accent

#D80E79

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A161E9

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

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