#A16BEE#A16BEE

#A16BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.191 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16BEE
RGB	rgb(161, 107, 238)
HSL	hsl(265, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 55%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 47.83, -58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 75.53, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.0959 -0.1653)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.191 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3846, 24.2653, 83.6918)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16BEE #B8EE6B

analogous

#6B76EE #A16BEE #E36BEE

triadic

#A16BEE #EEA16B #6BEEA1

tetradic

#A16BEE #EE6B76 #B8EE6B #6BEEE3

square

#A16BEE #EE6B76 #B8EE6B #6BEEE3

split-complementary

#A16BEE #EEE36B #76EE6B

monochromatic

#6017C8 #7E34E8 #A16BEE #C4A2F4 #E7D9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#A16BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#A16BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16BEE

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16BEE	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3487F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9185A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 107, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.191 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c197f4',
    500: '#a16bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16bee;
$custom-light: #c197f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.733,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64383,
    "c": 0.19112,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16BEE

secondary

#DEEFC6

accent

#DC0A85

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16BEE

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

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