#A16ACE#A16ACE

#A16ACE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.154 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16ACE
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 206)
HSL	hsl(273, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 48.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, 40.74, -43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 59.65, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.0949 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.154 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9904, 22.3417, 61.0603)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16ACE #97CE6A

analogous

#6F6ACE #A16ACE #CE6AC9

triadic

#A16ACE #CEA16A #6ACEA1

tetradic

#A16ACE #CE6F6A #97CE6A #6AC9CE

square

#A16ACE #CE6F6A #97CE6A #6AC9CE

split-complementary

#A16ACE #C9CE6A #6ACE6F

monochromatic

#642F8F #843EBD #A16ACE #BE98DD #DBC6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#A16ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#A16ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16ACE

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16ACE	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5080D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.154 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf96dd',
    500: '#a16ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ace;
$custom-light: #bf96dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62361,
    "c": 0.15442,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16ACE

secondary

#C8DDB7

accent

#BE286B

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16ACE

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

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