#A165ED#A165ED

#A165ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.199 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165ED
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 237)
HSL	hsl(266, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 57.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 50.79, -59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 78.58, 310.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.1031 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.199 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6341, 22.9987, 82.7189)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165ED #B1ED65

analogous

#656DED #A165ED #E565ED

triadic

#A165ED #EDA165 #65EDA1

tetradic

#A165ED #ED656D #B1ED65 #65EDE5

square

#A165ED #ED656D #B1ED65 #65EDE5

split-complementary

#A165ED #EDE565 #6DED65

monochromatic

#6217C1 #802EE7 #A165ED #C29CF3 #E4D3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#A165ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#A165ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165ED

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165ED	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2483F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F83EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92819F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.199 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c193f3',
    500: '#a165ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165ed;
$custom-light: #c193f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.471,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63423,
    "c": 0.19861,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165ED

secondary

#DAEDC1

accent

#DB0A7F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165ED

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

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