#A166E6#A166E6

#A166E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.189 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A166E6
RGB	rgb(161, 102, 230)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 55.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 48.57, -56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 74.41, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.1018 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.189 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7290, 22.7930, 77.4701)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A166E6 #ABE666

analogous

#666BE6 #A166E6 #E166E6

triadic

#A166E6 #E6A166 #66E6A1

tetradic

#A166E6 #E6666B #ABE666 #66E6E1

square

#A166E6 #E6666B #ABE666 #66E6E1

split-complementary

#A166E6 #E6E166 #6BE666

monochromatic

#631DB4 #8131DD #A166E6 #C19BEF #E2CFF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#A166E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#A166E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A166E6

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A166E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A166E6	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3282EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4883E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a166e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 102, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.189 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c094ee',
    500: '#a166e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a166e6;
$custom-light: #c094ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a166e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.656,
    "s": 71.91,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63134,
    "c": 0.18901,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A166E6

secondary

#D6EABE

accent

#D4127A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F1FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A166E6

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

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