#A165CD#A165CD

#A165CD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.161 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165CD
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(275, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 50.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, 43.25, -44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 62.25, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1017 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.161 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3690, 21.2927, 60.2558)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165CD #91CD65

analogous

#6D65CD #A165CD #CD65C5

triadic

#A165CD #CDA165 #65CDA1

tetradic

#A165CD #CD6D65 #91CD65 #65C5CD

square

#A165CD #CD6D65 #91CD65 #65C5CD

split-complementary

#A165CD #C5CD65 #65CD6D

monochromatic

#632D8B #843CB9 #A165CD #BD93DC #D9C1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#A165CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#A165CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165CD

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165CD	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B80CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.161 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf93dd',
    500: '#a165cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165cd;
$custom-light: #bf93dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.615,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61513,
    "c": 0.16135,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165CD

secondary

#C4DBB3

accent

#DA4D89

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F1FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165CD

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

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