#A16ABE#A16ABE

#A16ABE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.135 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16ABE
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 190)
HSL	hsl(279, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 44.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 37.15, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 51.49, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.0926 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.135 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1447, 21.6035, 51.3398)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16ABE #87BE6A

analogous

#776ABE #A16ABE #BE6AB1

triadic

#A16ABE #BEA16A #6ABEA1

tetradic

#A16ABE #BE776A #87BE6A #6AB1BE

square

#A16ABE #BE776A #87BE6A #6AB1BE

split-complementary

#A16ABE #B1BE6A #6ABE77

monochromatic

#613579 #8447A3 #A16ABE #BC95D1 #D7BFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#A16ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#A16ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16ABE

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16ABE	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#597DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6881BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F768B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.135 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be96d2',
    500: '#a16abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16abe;
$custom-light: #be96d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.286,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6152,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16ABE

secondary

#BDD3B1

accent

#CF5982

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120D14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16ABE

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

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