#A165DA#A165DA

#A165DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.176 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165DA
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 218)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 54%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 53.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, 46.25, -51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 68.88, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.1026 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.177 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0038, 21.9466, 68.8662)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165DA #9EDA65

analogous

#6665DA #A165DA #DA65D9

triadic

#A165DA #DAA165 #65DAA1

tetradic

#A165DA #DA6665 #9EDA65 #65D9DA

square

#A165DA #DA6665 #9EDA65 #65D9DA

split-complementary

#A165DA #D9DA65 #65DA66

monochromatic

#64269F #8334CE #A165DA #BF96E6 #DDC8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#A165DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#A165DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165DA

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165DA	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5181D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.176 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c093e6',
    500: '#a165da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165da;
$custom-light: #c093e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6226,
    "c": 0.1765,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165DA

secondary

#CDE3B8

accent

#C91D71

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165DA

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

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