#A165E8#A165E8

#A165E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.193 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165E8
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 232)
HSL	hsl(267, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(267, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 56.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, 49.58, -57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 76.03, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.1031 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.193 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9138, 22.7106, 78.9252)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165E8 #ACE865

analogous

#656AE8 #A165E8 #E265E8

triadic

#A165E8 #E8A165 #65E8A1

tetradic

#A165E8 #E8656A #ACE865 #65E8E2

square

#A165E8 #E8656A #ACE865 #65E8E2

split-complementary

#A165E8 #E8E265 #6AE865

monochromatic

#631BB7 #8030E0 #A165E8 #C29AF0 #E2CFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#A165E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#A165E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165E8

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165E8	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D82EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4583E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.193 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c193f0',
    500: '#a165e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165e8;
$custom-light: #c193f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.481,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63109,
    "c": 0.19281,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165E8

secondary

#D6EABE

accent

#D60F7B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165E8

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

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