#A16BB3#A16BB3

#A16BB3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.121 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16BB3
RGB	rgb(161, 107, 179)
HSL	hsl(285, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(285, 40%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 40.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, 34.23, -29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 45.35, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.089 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.121 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0912, 21.3479, 45.2799)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16BB3 #7DB36B

analogous

#7D6BB3 #A16BB3 #B36BA1

triadic

#A16BB3 #B3A16B #6BB3A1

tetradic

#A16BB3 #B37D6B #7DB36B #6BA1B3

square

#A16BB3 #B37D6B #7DB36B #6BA1B3

split-complementary

#A16BB3 #A1B36B #6BB37D

monochromatic

#5F386C #824C95 #A16BB3 #BB93C8 #D4BCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#A16BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#A16BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16BB3

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16BB3	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 107, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.121 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be96ca',
    500: '#a16bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16bb3;
$custom-light: #be96ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 32.143,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6115,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16BB3

secondary

#B5CCAE

accent

#C85F7A

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#120D13

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16BB3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →