#A16AE9#A16AE9

#A16AE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.187 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16AE9
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 233)
HSL	hsl(266, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 54.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 47.14, -56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 73.56, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.0969 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.187 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5565, 23.7682, 79.8422)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16AE9 #B2E96A

analogous

#6A73E9 #A16AE9 #E06AE9

triadic

#A16AE9 #E9A16A #6AE9A1

tetradic

#A16AE9 #E96A73 #B2E96A #6AE9E0

square

#A16AE9 #E96A73 #B2E96A #6AE9E0

split-complementary

#A16AE9 #E9E06A #73E96A

monochromatic

#621CBD #7F35E1 #A16AE9 #C39FF1 #E4D5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A16AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A16AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16AE9

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16AE9	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3885ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A85E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.187 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c096f1',
    500: '#a16ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ae9;
$custom-light: #c096f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.984,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63923,
    "c": 0.18664,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16AE9

secondary

#DAECC3

accent

#D60F80

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16AE9

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

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