#A165DB#A165DB

#A165DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.178 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165DB
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 219)
HSL	hsl(271, 62%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 53.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 46.49, -51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 69.39, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1027 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.178 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1351, 21.9991, 69.5574)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165DB #9FDB65

analogous

#6665DB #A165DB #DB65DA

triadic

#A165DB #DBA165 #65DBA1

tetradic

#A165DB #DB6665 #9FDB65 #65DADB

square

#A165DB #DB6665 #9FDB65 #65DADB

split-complementary

#A165DB #DADB65 #65DB66

monochromatic

#6425A0 #8333CF #A165DB #BF97E7 #DEC8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#A165DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#A165DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165DB

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165DB	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5181D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.178 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c093e7',
    500: '#a165db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165db;
$custom-light: #c093e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62319,
    "c": 0.17767,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165DB

secondary

#CEE3B9

accent

#CA1C71

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FC

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165DB

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

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