#A16AEB#A16AEB

#A16AEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.189 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16AEB
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 235)
HSL	hsl(266, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 55%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 54.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 47.63, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 74.59, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.097 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.189 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8438, 23.8831, 81.3554)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16AEB #B4EB6A

analogous

#6A74EB #A16AEB #E16AEB

triadic

#A16AEB #EBA16A #6AEBA1

tetradic

#A16AEB #EB6A74 #B4EB6A #6AEBE1

square

#A16AEB #EB6A74 #B4EB6A #6AEBE1

split-complementary

#A16AEB #EBE16A #74EB6A

monochromatic

#611AC1 #7F34E4 #A16AEB #C3A0F2 #E5D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#A16AEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#A16AEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16AEB

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16AEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16AEB	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3586EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4885E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9283A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16aeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.189 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c196f2',
    500: '#a16aeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16aeb;
$custom-light: #c196f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16aeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.581,
    "s": 76.331,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64046,
    "c": 0.18902,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16AEB

secondary

#DBEDC4

accent

#D90D82

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16AEB

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

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