#A166D2#A166D2

#A166D2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.166 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A166D2
RGB	rgb(161, 102, 210)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 51%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 51.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 43.85, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 64.18, 313.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.1008 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.166 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0798, 21.7333, 63.5179)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A166D2 #97D266

analogous

#6B66D2 #A166D2 #D266CD

triadic

#A166D2 #D2A166 #66D2A1

tetradic

#A166D2 #D26B66 #97D266 #66CDD2

square

#A166D2 #D26B66 #97D266 #66CDD2

split-complementary

#A166D2 #CDD266 #66D26B

monochromatic

#642B93 #8439C2 #A166D2 #BE95E0 #DBC5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#A166D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#A166D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A166D2

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A166D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A166D2	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#467ED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5881CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a166d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 102, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.166 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf93e0',
    500: '#a166d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a166d2;
$custom-light: #bf93e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a166d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.778,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6195,
    "c": 0.16559,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A166D2

secondary

#C8DEB6

accent

#C2236B

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F1FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A166D2

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

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