#A16AE3#A16AE3

#A16AE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.179 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16AE3
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 227)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(267, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 53.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 45.69, -53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 70.47, 310.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.0967 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.18 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7140, 23.4312, 75.4047)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16AE3 #ACE36A

analogous

#6A6FE3 #A16AE3 #DE6AE3

triadic

#A16AE3 #E3A16A #6AE3A1

tetradic

#A16AE3 #E36A6F #ACE36A #6AE3DE

square

#A16AE3 #E36A6F #ACE36A #6AE3DE

split-complementary

#A16AE3 #E3DE6A #6FE36A

monochromatic

#6321B1 #8036D9 #A16AE3 #C29EED #E2D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#A16AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#A16AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16AE3

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16AE3	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E84E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5085E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95819C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.179 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c096ec',
    500: '#a16ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ae3;
$custom-light: #c096ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63561,
    "c": 0.1795,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16AE3

secondary

#D6E9C0

accent

#D0157B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16AE3

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

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