#A169E7#A169E7

#A169E7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.186 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A169E7
RGB	rgb(161, 105, 231)
HSL	hsl(267, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(267, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 54.5%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 47.20, -55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 73.13, 310.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.0981 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.186 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1700, 23.4497, 78.3119)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A169E7 #AFE769

analogous

#6970E7 #A169E7 #E069E7

triadic

#A169E7 #E7A169 #69E7A1

tetradic

#A169E7 #E76970 #AFE769 #69E7E0

square

#A169E7 #E76970 #AFE769 #69E7E0

split-complementary

#A169E7 #E7E069 #70E769

monochromatic

#621DB8 #8034DF #A169E7 #C29EEF #E3D3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#A169E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#A169E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A169E7

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A169E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A169E7	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3884EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93829E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a169e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 105, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.186 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c096ef',
    500: '#a169e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a169e7;
$custom-light: #c096ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a169e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63649,
    "c": 0.18575,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A169E7

secondary

#D8EBC1

accent

#D4117E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A169E7

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

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