#A166D4#A166D4

#A166D4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.168 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A166D4
RGB	rgb(161, 102, 212)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 52%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 51.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 44.32, -47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 65.20, 312.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1009 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.168 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3306, 21.8336, 64.8384)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A166D4 #99D466

analogous

#6A66D4 #A166D4 #D466D0

triadic

#A166D4 #D4A166 #66D4A1

tetradic

#A166D4 #D46A66 #99D466 #66D0D4

square

#A166D4 #D46A66 #99D466 #66D0D4

split-complementary

#A166D4 #D0D466 #66D46A

monochromatic

#642A96 #8437C5 #A166D4 #BE96E1 #DCC6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#A166D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#A166D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A166D4

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A166D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A166D4	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#457FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5781D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a166d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 102, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.168 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf93e2',
    500: '#a166d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a166d4;
$custom-light: #bf93e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a166d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.182,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62064,
    "c": 0.16793,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A166D4

secondary

#C9DFB6

accent

#C4226D

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F1FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A166D4

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

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