#A165E5#A165E5

#A165E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.189 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165E5
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 55.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 48.86, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 74.50, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1031 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.189 303)
XYZ	xyz(33.4913, 22.5416, 76.7001)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165E5 #A9E565

analogous

#6569E5 #A165E5 #E165E5

triadic

#A165E5 #E5A165 #65E5A1

tetradic

#A165E5 #E56569 #A9E565 #65E5E1

square

#A165E5 #E56569 #A9E565 #65E5E1

split-complementary

#A165E5 #E5E165 #69E565

monochromatic

#631EB2 #8131DC #A165E5 #C199EE #E1CEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#A165E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#A165E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165E5

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165E5	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3181E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4882E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.189 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c093ee',
    500: '#a165e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165e5;
$custom-light: #c093ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62923,
    "c": 0.18932,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.22542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165E5

secondary

#D4E9BD

accent

#D31279

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165E5

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

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