#A166E5#A166E5

#A166E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.188 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A166E5
RGB	rgb(161, 102, 229)
HSL	hsl(268, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 55.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 48.33, -55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 73.90, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.1018 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.188 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5890, 22.7370, 76.7327)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A166E5 #AAE566

analogous

#666AE5 #A166E5 #E166E5

triadic

#A166E5 #E5A166 #66E5A1

tetradic

#A166E5 #E5666A #AAE566 #66E5E1

square

#A166E5 #E5666A #AAE566 #66E5E1

split-complementary

#A166E5 #E5E166 #6AE566

monochromatic

#631EB2 #8132DC #A166E5 #C19AEE #E1CFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#A166E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#A166E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A166E5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A166E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A166E5	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3382E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4983E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a166e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 102, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.188 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c094ee',
    500: '#a166e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a166e5;
$custom-light: #c094ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a166e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.874,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63072,
    "c": 0.18784,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A166E5

secondary

#D5E9BE

accent

#D3137A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A166E5

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

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