#A16ADD#A16ADD

#A16ADD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.172 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16ADD
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 221)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 52%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 44.25, -50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 67.37, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% 0.0963 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.172 304)
XYZ	xyz(32.9003, 23.1057, 71.1192)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16ADD #A6DD6A

analogous

#6A6DDD #A16ADD #DB6ADD

triadic

#A16ADD #DDA16A #6ADDA1

tetradic

#A16ADD #DD6A6D #A6DD6A #6ADDDB

square

#A16ADD #DD6A6D #A6DD6A #6ADDDB

split-complementary

#A16ADD #DDDB6A #6DDD6A

monochromatic

#6426A7 #8238D2 #A16ADD #C09CE8 #E0CEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#A16ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#A16ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16ADD

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16ADD	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4483E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.172 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c096e8',
    500: '#a16add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16add;
$custom-light: #c096e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63208,
    "c": 0.17234,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.23106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16ADD

secondary

#D2E5BD

accent

#CB1B77

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16ADD

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

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