#A16AE8#A16AE8

#A16AE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.185 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16AE8
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 232)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 54.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, 46.90, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 73.04, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.0969 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.185 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4141, 23.7112, 79.0920)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16AE8 #B1E86A

analogous

#6A72E8 #A16AE8 #E06AE8

triadic

#A16AE8 #E8A16A #6AE8A1

tetradic

#A16AE8 #E86A72 #B1E86A #6AE8E0

square

#A16AE8 #E86A72 #B1E86A #6AE8E0

split-complementary

#A16AE8 #E8E06A #72E86A

monochromatic

#621DBB #8035E0 #A16AE8 #C29FF0 #E4D4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#A16AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#A16AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16AE8

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16AE8	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3985EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B85E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.185 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c096f0',
    500: '#a16ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ae8;
$custom-light: #c096f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.19,
    "s": 73.256,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63862,
    "c": 0.18545,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16AE8

secondary

#DAEBC2

accent

#D5107F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16AE8

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

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