#A169E8#A169E8

#A169E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.187 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A169E8
RGB	rgb(161, 105, 232)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 54.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 47.44, -56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 73.64, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.0982 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.187 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3116, 23.5063, 79.0578)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A169E8 #B0E869

analogous

#6970E8 #A169E8 #E069E8

triadic

#A169E8 #E8A169 #69E8A1

tetradic

#A169E8 #E86970 #B0E869 #69E8E0

square

#A169E8 #E86970 #B0E869 #69E8E0

split-complementary

#A169E8 #E8E069 #70E869

monochromatic

#621DBA #8034E0 #A169E8 #C29EF0 #E4D3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A169E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#A169E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A169E8

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A169E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A169E8	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3784EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A85E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93829F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a169e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 105, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.187 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c096f0',
    500: '#a169e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a169e8;
$custom-light: #c096f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a169e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.457,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6371,
    "c": 0.18693,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A169E8

secondary

#D9EBC2

accent

#D6107E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A169E8

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

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