#A16AEC#A16AEC

#A16AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.190 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16AEC
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 236)
HSL	hsl(265, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 55.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 47.87, -57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 75.10, 309.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.097 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.19 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9887, 23.9411, 82.1184)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16AEC #B5EC6A

analogous

#6A74EC #A16AEC #E26AEC

triadic

#A16AEC #ECA16A #6AECA1

tetradic

#A16AEC #EC6A74 #B5EC6A #6AECE2

square

#A16AEC #EC6A74 #B5EC6A #6AECE2

split-complementary

#A16AEC #ECE26A #74EC6A

monochromatic

#6119C3 #7F34E5 #A16AEC #C3A0F3 #E5D7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A16AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#A16AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16AEC

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16AEC	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3486F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9284A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.190 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c196f3',
    500: '#a16aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16aec;
$custom-light: #c196f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64107,
    "c": 0.1902,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16AEC

secondary

#DCEEC4

accent

#DA0C83

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16AEC

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

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