#A16BC2#A16BC2

#A16BC2 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.138 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16BC2
RGB	rgb(161, 107, 194)
HSL	hsl(277, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 44.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 37.48, -37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 52.88, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.0918 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.138 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6915, 21.9880, 53.7085)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16BC2 #8CC26B

analogous

#766BC2 #A16BC2 #C26BB8

triadic

#A16BC2 #C2A16B #6BC2A1

tetradic

#A16BC2 #C2766B #8CC26B #6BB8C2

square

#A16BC2 #C2766B #8CC26B #6BB8C2

split-complementary

#A16BC2 #B8C26B #6BC276

monochromatic

#62347E #8446AA #A16BC2 #BD96D4 #D8C2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#A16BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#A16BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16BC2

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16BC2	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#587EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E788D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 107, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.138 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be96d5',
    500: '#a16bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16bc2;
$custom-light: #be96d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.241,
    "s": 41.627,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61889,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16BC2

secondary

#C0D5B3

accent

#D15685

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120D14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16BC2

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

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