#A16CBB#A16CBB

#A16CBB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.128 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CBB
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 187)
HSL	hsl(280, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 42%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 42.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 35.38, -33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 48.69, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% 0.0891 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.128 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0287, 21.8907, 49.7002)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CBB #86BB6C

analogous

#796CBB #A16CBB #BB6CAD

triadic

#A16CBB #BBA16C #6CBBA1

tetradic

#A16CBB #BB796C #86BB6C #6CADBB

square

#A16CBB #BB796C #86BB6C #6CADBB

split-complementary

#A16CBB #ADBB6C #6CBB79

monochromatic

#613776 #844AA0 #A16CBB #BC96CE #D7C0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#A16CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#A16CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CBB

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CBB	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F778B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.128 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be97cf',
    500: '#a16cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cbb;
$custom-light: #be97cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.253,
    "s": 36.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61705,
    "c": 0.12847,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CBB

secondary

#BCD1B2

accent

#CD5B80

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120D14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CBB

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

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