#A169DD#A169DD

#A169DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.174 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A169DD
RGB	rgb(161, 105, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 52.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, 44.80, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 67.99, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.0976 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.174 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7978, 22.9008, 71.0850)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A169DD #A5DD69

analogous

#696BDD #A169DD #DB69DD

triadic

#A169DD #DDA169 #69DDA1

tetradic

#A169DD #DD696B #A5DD69 #69DDDB

square

#A169DD #DD696B #A5DD69 #69DDDB

split-complementary

#A169DD #DDDB69 #6BDD69

monochromatic

#6426A6 #8237D2 #A169DD #C09BE8 #E0CDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#A169DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#A169DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A169DD

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A169DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A169DD	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4282E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a169dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 105, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.174 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c095e8',
    500: '#a169dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a169dd;
$custom-light: #c095e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a169dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63052,
    "c": 0.17388,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A169DD

secondary

#D2E5BD

accent

#CB1B76

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A169DD

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

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