#A16BDD#A16BDD

#A16BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.171 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16BDD
RGB	rgb(161, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(268, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 43.71, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 66.76, 310.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.095 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.171 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0039, 23.3130, 71.1537)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16BDD #A7DD6B

analogous

#6B6EDD #A16BDD #DA6BDD

triadic

#A16BDD #DDA16B #6BDDA1

tetradic

#A16BDD #DD6B6E #A7DD6B #6BDDDA

square

#A16BDD #DD6B6E #A7DD6B #6BDDDA

split-complementary

#A16BDD #DDDA6B #6EDD6B

monochromatic

#6326A7 #8139D2 #A16BDD #C19DE8 #E0CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#A16BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#A16BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16BDD

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16BDD	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4683E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5685DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96809A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.171 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c097e8',
    500: '#a16bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16bdd;
$custom-light: #c097e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.421,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63365,
    "c": 0.17079,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16BDD

secondary

#D3E6BE

accent

#CA1B77

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120D16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16BDD

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

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