#A16AEE#A16AEE

#A16AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.193 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16AEE
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 48.37, -58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 76.13, 309.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0971 -0.1663)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.193 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2809, 24.0580, 83.6573)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16AEE #B7EE6A

analogous

#6A75EE #A16AEE #E36AEE

triadic

#A16AEE #EEA16A #6AEEA1

tetradic

#A16AEE #EE6A75 #B7EE6A #6AEEE3

square

#A16AEE #EE6A75 #B7EE6A #6AEEE3

split-complementary

#A16AEE #EEE36A #75EE6A

monochromatic

#6017C7 #7E33E8 #A16AEE #C4A1F4 #E6D8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#A16AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#A16AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16AEE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16AEE	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3186F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4586EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9184A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.193 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c196f4',
    500: '#a16aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16aee;
$custom-light: #c196f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64231,
    "c": 0.19257,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16AEE

secondary

#DDEFC5

accent

#DC0A84

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16AEE

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

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