#A162E6#A162E6

#A162E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.195 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A162E6
RGB	rgb(161, 98, 230)
HSL	hsl(269, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 57.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, 50.69, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 76.78, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.1068 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.195 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3453, 22.0256, 77.3422)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A162E6 #A7E662

analogous

#6265E6 #A162E6 #E362E6

triadic

#A162E6 #E6A162 #62E6A1

tetradic

#A162E6 #E66265 #A7E662 #62E6E3

square

#A162E6 #E66265 #A7E662 #62E6E3

split-complementary

#A162E6 #E6E362 #65E662

monochromatic

#631CB1 #812DDE #A162E6 #C197EE #E0CCF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#A162E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#A162E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A162E6

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A162E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A162E6	1.00	3.89	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2780EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4381E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947C9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a162e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 98, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.195 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c191ef',
    500: '#a162e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a162e6;
$custom-light: #c191ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a162e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62544,
    "c": 0.19486,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A162E6

secondary

#D3E9BB

accent

#D51177

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A162E6

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

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