#A660E6#A660E6
#A660E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.199 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A660E6 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(166, 96, 230) |
| HSL | hsl(271, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(271, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(27.8%, 58.3%, 0%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.22, 52.90, -57.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.22, 78.03, 312.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.79% 0.1155 -0.162) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.79% 0.199 305.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.1886, 22.1861, 77.3288) |
| Luminance | 0.2219 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | violet |
Closest named colors
Lighter Purple
#A55AF4
ΔE00 2.35
Lightish Purple
#A552E6
ΔE00 3.19
Light Urple
#B36FF6
ΔE00 4.91
Mediumpurple
#9370DB
ΔE00 5.50
Mediumorchid
#BA55D3
ΔE00 5.70
Bright Lavender
#C760FF
ΔE00 6.19
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A660E6 #A0E660
analogous
#6360E6 #A660E6 #E660E3
triadic
#A660E6 #E6A660 #60E6A6
tetradic
#A660E6 #E66360 #A0E660 #60E3E6
square
#A660E6 #E66360 #A0E660 #60E3E6
split-complementary
#A660E6 #E3E660 #60E663
monochromatic
#691CB0 #882BDE #A660E6 #C495EE #E1CAF7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.86
#A660E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.44
#A660E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A660E6
5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A660E6 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A660E6 | 1.00 | 3.86 | 5.44 | 5.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.86 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#2680EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4582E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9B7A9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a660e6; /* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 96, 230); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.199 305.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c490ef',
500: '#a660e6',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a660e6; $custom-light: #c490ef; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a660e6",
"rgb": {
"r": 166,
"g": 96,
"b": 230
},
"hsl": {
"h": 271.343,
"s": 72.826,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62793,
"c": 0.19894,
"h": 305.5
},
"luminance": 0.22186
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A660E6
secondary
#D0E8B9
accent
#D5116E
background
#FCF9FE
surface
#F8F1FD
border
#D1CBD5
text
#130D16
muted
#827E84