#A169EE#A169EE

#A169EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.194 H 300.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A169EE
RGB	rgb(161, 105, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 55.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 48.90, -59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 76.72, 309.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0983 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.194 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1785, 23.8530, 83.6231)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A169EE #B6EE69

analogous

#6974EE #A169EE #E369EE

triadic

#A169EE #EEA169 #69EEA1

tetradic

#A169EE #EE6974 #B6EE69 #69EEE3

square

#A169EE #EE6974 #B6EE69 #69EEE3

split-complementary

#A169EE #EEE369 #74EE69

monochromatic

#6016C6 #7F32E8 #A169EE #C3A0F4 #E6D7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A169EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#A169EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A169EE

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A169EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A169EE	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E86F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4485EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9184A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a169ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 105, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.194 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c196f4',
    500: '#a169ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a169ee;
$custom-light: #c196f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a169ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6408,
    "c": 0.19402,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A169EE

secondary

#DDEEC4

accent

#DC0A83

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A169EE

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

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