#A166E3#A166E3

#A166E3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.186 H 303.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A166E3
RGB	rgb(161, 102, 227)
HSL	hsl(268, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 55%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 55.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 47.85, -54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 72.88, 311.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.1017 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.186 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3113, 22.6259, 75.2705)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A166E3 #A8E366

analogous

#666AE3 #A166E3 #E066E3

triadic

#A166E3 #E3A166 #66E3A1

tetradic

#A166E3 #E3666A #A8E366 #66E3E0

square

#A166E3 #E3666A #A8E366 #66E3E0

split-complementary

#A166E3 #E3E066 #6AE366

monochromatic

#6320AF #8132DA #A166E3 #C19AEC #E1CDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#A166E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#A166E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A166E3

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A166E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A166E3	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3682E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a166e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 102, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.186 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c094ec',
    500: '#a166e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a166e3;
$custom-light: #c094ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a166e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.32,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6295,
    "c": 0.18551,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A166E3

secondary

#D4E8BD

accent

#D11478

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A166E3

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

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