#A165BD#A165BD

#A165BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.143 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165BD
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 189)
HSL	hsl(281, 40%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 46.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 39.70, -36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 54.18, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% 0.0997 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.143 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5354, 20.5593, 50.5994)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165BD #81BD65

analogous

#7565BD #A165BD #BD65AD

triadic

#A165BD #BDA165 #65BDA1

tetradic

#A165BD #BD7565 #81BD65 #65ADBD

square

#A165BD #BD7565 #81BD65 #65ADBD

split-complementary

#A165BD #ADBD65 #65BD75

monochromatic

#603275 #8345A0 #A165BD #BB90CF #D5BBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#A165BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#A165BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165BD

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165BD	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#537AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.143 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be92d1',
    500: '#a165bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165bd;
$custom-light: #be92d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60653,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165BD

secondary

#B8D1AD

accent

#D0587E

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F1F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120D14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165BD

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

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