#A16ABA#A16ABA

#A16ABA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.131 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16ABA
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 186)
HSL	hsl(281, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(281, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 43%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, 36.28, -33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 49.48, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% 0.0919 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.131 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7135, 21.4310, 49.0689)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16ABA #83BA6A

analogous

#796ABA #A16ABA #BA6AAB

triadic

#A16ABA #BAA16A #6ABAA1

tetradic

#A16ABA #BA796A #83BA6A #6AABBA

square

#A16ABA #BA796A #83BA6A #6AABBA

split-complementary

#A16ABA #ABBA6A #6ABA79

monochromatic

#603674 #83499E #A16ABA #BB94CD #D6BEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#A16ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#A16ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16ABA

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16ABA	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A81B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F7589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.131 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be96cf',
    500: '#a16aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16aba;
$custom-light: #be96cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 36.697,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6132,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16ABA

secondary

#BAD0B0

accent

#CD5B7F

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120D14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16ABA

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

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