#A16AEF#A16AEF

#A16AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.194 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16AEF
RGB	rgb(161, 106, 239)
HSL	hsl(265, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 55.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 48.61, -59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 76.64, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.0971 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.194 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4282, 24.1169, 84.4331)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16AEF #B8EF6A

analogous

#6A75EF #A16AEF #E36AEF

triadic

#A16AEF #EFA16A #6AEFA1

tetradic

#A16AEF #EF6A75 #B8EF6A #6AEFE3

square

#A16AEF #EF6A75 #B8EF6A #6AEFE3

split-complementary

#A16AEF #EFE36A #75EF6A

monochromatic

#6016C9 #7E33E9 #A16AEF #C4A1F5 #E7D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#A16AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#A16AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16AEF

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16AEF	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3086F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4486EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9185A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 106, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.194 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c196f5',
    500: '#a16aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16aef;
$custom-light: #c196f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.812,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64293,
    "c": 0.19375,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16AEF

secondary

#DEEFC6

accent

#DD0985

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16AEF

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

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