#A165FA#A165FA

#A165FA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.214 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A165FA
RGB	rgb(161, 101, 250)
HSL	hsl(264, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 59.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 53.97, -65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 85.18, 309.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.1029 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.214 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6027, 23.7861, 93.0867)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A165FA #BEFA65

analogous

#6574FA #A165FA #EC65FA

triadic

#A165FA #FAA165 #65FAA1

tetradic

#A165FA #FA6574 #BEFA65 #65FAEC

square

#A165FA #FA6574 #BEFA65 #65FAEC

split-complementary

#A165FA #FAEC65 #74FA65

monochromatic

#5D07DD #7D2AF8 #A165FA #C5A0FC #E9DCFE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A165FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#A165FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A165FA

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A165FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A165FA	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0086FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C85F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D85A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a165fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 101, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.214 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c293fd',
    500: '#a165fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a165fa;
$custom-light: #c293fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a165fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.161,
    "s": 93.711,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64265,
    "c": 0.2136,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A165FA

secondary

#E2F3C7

accent

#E60089

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130D18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A165FA

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

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