#A165EE#A165EE

#A165EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.200 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165EE
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 238)
HSL	hsl(266, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 57.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 51.03, -60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 79.09, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.1031 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.2 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7806, 23.0573, 83.4905)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165EE #B2EE65

analogous

#656EEE #A165EE #E565EE

triadic

#A165EE #EEA165 #65EEA1

tetradic

#A165EE #EE656E #B2EE65 #65EEE5

square

#A165EE #EE656E #B2EE65 #65EEE5

split-complementary

#A165EE #EEE565 #6EEE65

monochromatic

#6216C3 #7F2EE8 #A165EE #C39CF4 #E4D3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#A165EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#A165EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165EE

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165EE	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2283F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E83EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9181A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.200 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c193f4',
    500: '#a165ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165ee;
$custom-light: #c193f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.277,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63487,
    "c": 0.19977,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165EE

secondary

#DAEEC1

accent

#DC0980

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F1FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165EE

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

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