#A16BBD#A16BBD

#A16BBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.133 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16BBD
RGB	rgb(161, 107, 189)
HSL	hsl(280, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 43.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 36.37, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 50.35, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% 0.091 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.133 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1394, 21.7672, 50.8007)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16BBD #87BD6B

analogous

#786BBD #A16BBD #BD6BB0

triadic

#A16BBD #BDA16B #6BBDA1

tetradic

#A16BBD #BD786B #87BD6B #6BB0BD

square

#A16BBD #BD786B #87BD6B #6BB0BD

split-complementary

#A16BBD #B0BD6B #6BBD78

monochromatic

#613678 #8448A2 #A16BBD #BC95D0 #D7C0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#A16BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#A16BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16BBD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16BBD	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F778B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 107, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.133 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be96d1',
    500: '#a16bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16bbd;
$custom-light: #be96d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.512,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61636,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16BBD

secondary

#BDD2B2

accent

#CE5A81

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120D14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16BBD

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

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