#A16BE4#A16BE4

#A16BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.179 H 302.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16BE4
RGB	rgb(161, 107, 228)
HSL	hsl(267, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(267, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 53.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 45.39, -53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 70.38, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.0954 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.179 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9560, 23.6938, 76.1682)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16BE4 #AEE46B

analogous

#6B71E4 #A16BE4 #DE6BE4

triadic

#A16BE4 #E4A16B #6BE4A1

tetradic

#A16BE4 #E46B71 #AEE46B #6BE4DE

square

#A16BE4 #E46B71 #AEE46B #6BE4DE

split-complementary

#A16BE4 #E4DE6B #71E46B

monochromatic

#6221B4 #8037DB #A16BE4 #C29FED #E3D3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#A16BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#A16BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16BE4

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16BE4	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F85E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5085E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94829D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 107, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.179 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c097ed',
    500: '#a16be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16be4;
$custom-light: #c097ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.777,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63776,
    "c": 0.17918,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16BE4

secondary

#D8EAC1

accent

#D1147D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16BE4

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

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