#A16BCD#A16BCD

#A16BCD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.152 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16BCD
RGB	rgb(161, 107, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 47.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 39.96, -42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 58.51, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.0934 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.152 308)
XYZ	xyz(30.9729, 22.5006, 60.4572)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16BCD #97CD6B

analogous

#706BCD #A16BCD #CD6BC8

triadic

#A16BCD #CDA16B #6BCDA1

tetradic

#A16BCD #CD706B #97CD6B #6BC8CD

square

#A16BCD #CD706B #97CD6B #6BC8CD

split-complementary

#A16BCD #C8CD6B #6BCD70

monochromatic

#64308E #843FBB #A16BCD #BE99DC #DBC6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#A16BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#A16BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16BCD

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16BCD	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5280D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 107, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.152 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97dc',
    500: '#a16bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16bcd;
$custom-light: #bf97dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.061,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62469,
    "c": 0.15159,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16BCD

secondary

#C8DCB8

accent

#BD296B

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16BCD

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

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