#A165E7#A165E7

#A165E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.192 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165E7
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 231)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 56.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, 49.34, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 75.52, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.1031 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.192 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7721, 22.6539, 78.1792)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165E7 #ABE765

analogous

#656AE7 #A165E7 #E265E7

triadic

#A165E7 #E7A165 #65E7A1

tetradic

#A165E7 #E7656A #ABE765 #65E7E2

square

#A165E7 #E7656A #ABE765 #65E7E2

split-complementary

#A165E7 #E7E265 #6AE765

monochromatic

#631CB5 #8130DF #A165E7 #C19AEF #E2CFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#A165E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#A165E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165E7

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165E7	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E82EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4683E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.192 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c093ef',
    500: '#a165e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165e7;
$custom-light: #c093ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63047,
    "c": 0.19165,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165E7

secondary

#D6EABE

accent

#D5107A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165E7

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

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