#A16AEA#A16AEA

#A16AEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.188 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16AEA
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 234)
HSL	hsl(266, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 54.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 47.39, -56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 74.07, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.097 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.188 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6998, 23.8255, 80.5966)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16AEA #B3EA6A

analogous

#6A73EA #A16AEA #E16AEA

triadic

#A16AEA #EAA16A #6AEAA1

tetradic

#A16AEA #EA6A73 #B3EA6A #6AEAE1

square

#A16AEA #EA6A73 #B3EA6A #6AEAE1

split-complementary

#A16AEA #EAE16A #73EA6A

monochromatic

#611BBF #7F34E2 #A16AEA #C3A0F2 #E5D5F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A16AEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#A16AEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16AEA

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16AEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16AEA	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3685EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4985E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9283A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16aea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.188 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c096f1',
    500: '#a16aea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16aea;
$custom-light: #c096f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16aea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.781,
    "s": 75.294,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63984,
    "c": 0.18783,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16AEA

secondary

#DBEDC3

accent

#D70E81

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16AEA

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

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