#A16BB2#A16BB2

#A16BB2 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.120 H 317.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16BB2
RGB	rgb(161, 107, 178)
HSL	hsl(286, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(286, 40%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 39.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, 34.01, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 44.86, 319.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.0888 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.12 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9904, 21.3076, 44.7492)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16BB2 #7CB26B

analogous

#7D6BB2 #A16BB2 #B26B9F

triadic

#A16BB2 #B2A16B #6BB2A1

tetradic

#A16BB2 #B27D6B #7CB26B #6B9FB2

square

#A16BB2 #B27D6B #7CB26B #6B9FB2

split-complementary

#A16BB2 #9FB26B #6BB27D

monochromatic

#5F386B #824D93 #A16BB2 #BB93C7 #D4BCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#A16BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#A16BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16BB2

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16BB2	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 107, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.120 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be96c9',
    500: '#a16bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16bb2;
$custom-light: #be96c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.634,
    "s": 31.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61102,
    "c": 0.1198,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16BB2

secondary

#B5CBAE

accent

#C86079

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#120D13

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16BB2

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

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