#A165EF#A165EF

#A165EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.201 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165EF
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 239)
HSL	hsl(266, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 57.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 51.27, -60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 79.59, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.1031 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.201 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9279, 23.1162, 84.2664)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165EF #B3EF65

analogous

#656EEF #A165EF #E665EF

triadic

#A165EF #EFA165 #65EFA1

tetradic

#A165EF #EF656E #B3EF65 #65EFE6

square

#A165EF #EF656E #B3EF65 #65EFE6

split-complementary

#A165EF #EFE665 #6EEF65

monochromatic

#6114C5 #7F2EE9 #A165EF #C39CF5 #E5D4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#A165EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#A165EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165EF

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165EF	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2083F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D83EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9181A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.201 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c193f5',
    500: '#a165ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165ef;
$custom-light: #c193f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6355,
    "c": 0.20093,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165EF

secondary

#DBEEC2

accent

#DE0881

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F1FE

border

#D1CBD6

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165EF

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

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