#A165DD#A165DD

#A165DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.180 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165DD
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 221)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 54.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, 46.96, -52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 70.41, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.1028 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.18 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3999, 22.1051, 70.9524)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165DD #A1DD65

analogous

#6565DD #A165DD #DD65DD

triadic

#A165DD #DDA165 #65DDA1

tetradic

#A165DD #DD6565 #A1DD65 #65DDDD

square

#A165DD #DD6565 #A1DD65 #65DDDD

split-complementary

#A165DD #DDDD65 #65DD65

monochromatic

#6424A4 #8233D2 #A165DD #C097E8 #DEC9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#A165DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#A165DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165DD

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165DD	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B80E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F82DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.180 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c093e8',
    500: '#a165dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165dd;
$custom-light: #c093e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62438,
    "c": 0.18,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165DD

secondary

#CFE4B9

accent

#CC1A73

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165DD

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

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