#A16CA2#A16CA2

#A16CA2 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.100 H 326.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CA2
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 162)
HSL	hsl(299, 23%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(299, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 33.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 30.20, -20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 36.56, 325.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.0833 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.1 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5815, 20.9118, 36.8116)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CA2 #6DA26C

analogous

#866CA2 #A16CA2 #A26C88

triadic

#A16CA2 #A2A16C #6CA2A1

tetradic

#A16CA2 #A2866C #6DA26C #6C88A2

square

#A16CA2 #A2866C #6DA26C #6C88A2

split-complementary

#A16CA2 #88A26C #6CA286

monochromatic

#5A395A #7F5180 #A16CA2 #B991BA #D1B7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#A16CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#A16CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CA2

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CA2	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7581A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.100 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd97bd',
    500: '#a16ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ca2;
$custom-light: #bd97bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.889,
    "s": 22.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60559,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CA2

secondary

#AAC1A9

accent

#BF696A

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F7F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#120D12

muted

#817E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CA2

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

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