#A16BD2#A16BD2

#A16BD2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.158 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16BD2
RGB	rgb(161, 107, 210)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 49%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 41.12, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 61.08, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.094 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.158 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5861, 22.7459, 63.6867)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16BD2 #9CD26B

analogous

#6D6BD2 #A16BD2 #D26BD0

triadic

#A16BD2 #D2A16B #6BD2A1

tetradic

#A16BD2 #D26D6B #9CD26B #6BD0D2

square

#A16BD2 #D26D6B #9CD26B #6BD0D2

split-complementary

#A16BD2 #D0D26B #6BD26D

monochromatic

#642D95 #833CC4 #A16BD2 #BF9AE0 #DDC9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#A16BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#A16BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16BD2

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16BD2	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E81D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 107, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.158 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97e0',
    500: '#a16bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16bd2;
$custom-light: #bf97e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 53.368,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62742,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16BD2

secondary

#CBDFB9

accent

#C1256F

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#120D15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16BD2

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

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