#A162DD#A162DD

#A162DD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.185 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A162DD
RGB	rgb(161, 98, 221)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 55.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 48.56, -53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 72.21, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.99% 0.1066 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(61.99% 0.185 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1140, 21.5331, 70.8571)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A162DD #9EDD62

analogous

#6462DD #A162DD #DD62DB

triadic

#A162DD #DDA162 #62DDA1

tetradic

#A162DD #DD6462 #9EDD62 #62DBDD

square

#A162DD #DD6462 #9EDD62 #62DBDD

split-complementary

#A162DD #DBDD62 #62DD64

monochromatic

#6423A2 #8330D2 #A162DD #BF94E8 #DDC7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#A162DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#A162DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A162DD

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A162DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A162DD	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	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)

#347EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a162dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 98, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.185 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c091e8',
    500: '#a162dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a162dd;
$custom-light: #c091e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a162dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61989,
    "c": 0.18453,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A162DD

secondary

#CDE4B7

accent

#CC1971

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A162DD

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

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