#A166D6#A166D6

#A166D6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.170 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A166D6
RGB	rgb(161, 102, 214)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 52%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 52.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, 44.78, -48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 66.23, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.1011 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.17 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5844, 21.9351, 66.1753)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A166D6 #9BD666

analogous

#6966D6 #A166D6 #D666D3

triadic

#A166D6 #D6A166 #66D6A1

tetradic

#A166D6 #D66966 #9BD666 #66D3D6

square

#A166D6 #D66966 #9BD666 #66D3D6

split-complementary

#A166D6 #D3D666 #66D669

monochromatic

#642999 #8336C9 #A166D6 #BF96E3 #DCC7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#A166D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#A166D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A166D6

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A166D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A166D6	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#437FDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a166d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 102, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.170 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf93e3',
    500: '#a166d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a166d6;
$custom-light: #bf93e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a166d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.607,
    "s": 57.732,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62179,
    "c": 0.17027,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A166D6

secondary

#CBE1B7

accent

#C5206E

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F1FB

border

#D1CBD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A166D6

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

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