#A165CE#A165CE

#A165CE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.163 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165CE
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 206)
HSL	hsl(274, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(274, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 51%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 43.48, -45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 62.76, 313.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1017 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.163 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4900, 21.3411, 60.8936)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165CE #92CE65

analogous

#6D65CE #A165CE #CE65C6

triadic

#A165CE #CEA165 #65CEA1

tetradic

#A165CE #CE6D65 #92CE65 #65C6CE

square

#A165CE #CE6D65 #92CE65 #65C6CE

split-complementary

#A165CE #C6CE65 #65CE6D

monochromatic

#632D8C #843BBA #A165CE #BD93DD #DAC2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#A165CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#A165CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165CE

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165CE	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A80CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.163 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf93dd',
    500: '#a165ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165ce;
$custom-light: #bf93dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61569,
    "c": 0.16251,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165CE

secondary

#C5DCB3

accent

#BF2668

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F1FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165CE

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

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