#A16699#A16699

#A16699 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.102 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16699
RGB	rgb(161, 102, 153)
HSL	hsl(308, 24%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(308, 37%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 31.85, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 36.58, 330.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.0903 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.102 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1988, 19.3809, 32.5444)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16699 #66A16E

analogous

#8C66A1 #A16699 #A1667C

triadic

#A16699 #99A166 #6699A1

tetradic

#A16699 #A18C66 #66A16E #667CA1

square

#A16699 #A18C66 #66A16E #667CA1

split-complementary

#A16699 #7CA166 #66A18C

monochromatic

#573653 #7D4D76 #A16699 #B88CB2 #D0B2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#A16699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#A16699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16699

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16699	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65759B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 102, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.102 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be93b7',
    500: '#a16699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16699;
$custom-light: #be93b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.136,
    "s": 23.887,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59141,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16699

secondary

#A4BEA8

accent

#C07467

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F7F1F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#120D11

muted

#817E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16699

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

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