#A165E4#A165E4

#A165E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.188 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165E4
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 228)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 55.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 48.62, -55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 73.99, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.103 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.188 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3521, 22.4859, 75.9669)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165E4 #A8E465

analogous

#6569E4 #A165E4 #E065E4

triadic

#A165E4 #E4A165 #65E4A1

tetradic

#A165E4 #E46569 #A8E465 #65E4E0

square

#A165E4 #E46569 #A8E465 #65E4E0

split-complementary

#A165E4 #E4E065 #69E465

monochromatic

#631FB0 #8131DB #A165E4 #C199ED #E1CDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#A165E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#A165E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165E4

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165E4	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3281E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.188 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c093ed',
    500: '#a165e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165e4;
$custom-light: #c093ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.346,
    "s": 70.166,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62862,
    "c": 0.18816,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165E4

secondary

#D4E8BC

accent

#D21378

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165E4

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

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