#A16BE8#A16BE8

#A16BE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.184 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16BE8
RGB	rgb(161, 107, 232)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 53.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 46.36, -55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 72.44, 309.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.0956 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.184 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5177, 23.9185, 79.1265)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16BE8 #B2E86B

analogous

#6B74E8 #A16BE8 #E06BE8

triadic

#A16BE8 #E8A16B #6BE8A1

tetradic

#A16BE8 #E86B74 #B2E86B #6BE8E0

square

#A16BE8 #E86B74 #B2E86B #6BE8E0

split-complementary

#A16BE8 #E8E06B #74E86B

monochromatic

#621DBB #7F36E0 #A16BE8 #C3A0F0 #E4D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A16BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#A16BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16BE8

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16BE8	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B86EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D86E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 107, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.184 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c097f0',
    500: '#a16be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16be8;
$custom-light: #c097f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.92,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64016,
    "c": 0.18397,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16BE8

secondary

#DAECC3

accent

#D51080

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16BE8

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

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