#A166E2#A166E2

#A166E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.184 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A166E2
RGB	rgb(161, 102, 226)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 54.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 47.61, -54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 72.37, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1017 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.184 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1737, 22.5709, 74.5457)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A166E2 #A7E266

analogous

#6669E2 #A166E2 #DF66E2

triadic

#A166E2 #E2A166 #66E2A1

tetradic

#A166E2 #E26669 #A7E266 #66E2DF

square

#A166E2 #E26669 #A7E266 #66E2DF

split-complementary

#A166E2 #E2DF66 #69E266

monochromatic

#6321AD #8133D8 #A166E2 #C199EC #E0CDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#A166E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#A166E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A166E2

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A166E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A166E2	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3781E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a166e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 102, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.184 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c094ec',
    500: '#a166e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a166e2;
$custom-light: #c094ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a166e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.548,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6289,
    "c": 0.18434,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A166E2

secondary

#D3E7BC

accent

#D01577

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A166E2

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

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