#A165EB#A165EB

#A165EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.196 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165EB
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 235)
HSL	hsl(267, 77%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(267, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 57%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 50.30, -59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 77.56, 310.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.1031 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.196 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3435, 22.8825, 81.1886)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165EB #AFEB65

analogous

#656CEB #A165EB #E465EB

triadic

#A165EB #EBA165 #65EBA1

tetradic

#A165EB #EB656C #AFEB65 #65EBE4

square

#A165EB #EB656C #AFEB65 #65EBE4

split-complementary

#A165EB #EBE465 #6CEB65

monochromatic

#6219BD #802FE4 #A165EB #C29BF2 #E3D1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#A165EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#A165EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165EB

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165EB	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2883EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4183E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92809E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.196 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c193f2',
    500: '#a165eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165eb;
$custom-light: #c193f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.866,
    "s": 77.011,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63297,
    "c": 0.19629,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165EB

secondary

#D8ECC0

accent

#D90C7D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165EB

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

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