#A165CC#A165CC

#A165CC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.160 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165CC
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 204)
HSL	hsl(275, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(275, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 50.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 43.03, -44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 61.74, 314.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.1016 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.16 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2486, 21.2445, 59.6221)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165CC #90CC65

analogous

#6D65CC #A165CC #CC65C4

triadic

#A165CC #CCA165 #65CCA1

tetradic

#A165CC #CC6D65 #90CC65 #65C4CC

square

#A165CC #CC6D65 #90CC65 #65C4CC

split-complementary

#A165CC #C4CC65 #65CC6D

monochromatic

#632D89 #843DB7 #A165CC #BD93DB #D9C1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#A165CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#A165CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165CC

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165CC	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B768F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.160 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf93dc',
    500: '#a165cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165cc;
$custom-light: #bf93dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.951,
    "s": 50.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61457,
    "c": 0.16018,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165CC

secondary

#C3DAB2

accent

#DA4E88

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F1FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165CC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →