#A165CA#A165CA

#A165CA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.158 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165CA
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 202)
HSL	hsl(276, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(276, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 50%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 42.57, -43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 60.73, 314.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1013 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.158 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0103, 21.1492, 58.3669)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165CA #8ECA65

analogous

#6F65CA #A165CA #CA65C0

triadic

#A165CA #CAA165 #65CAA1

tetradic

#A165CA #CA6F65 #8ECA65 #65C0CA

square

#A165CA #CA6F65 #8ECA65 #65C0CA

split-complementary

#A165CA #C0CA65 #65CA6F

monochromatic

#632E86 #843EB4 #A165CA #BD93DA #D9C0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#A165CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#A165CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165CA

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165CA	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7CCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D80C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C768E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.158 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf93da',
    500: '#a165ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165ca;
$custom-light: #bf93da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.644,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61347,
    "c": 0.15785,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165CA

secondary

#C2D9B2

accent

#D84F87

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F1FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165CA

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

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