#A16CBC#A16CBC

#A16CBC is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.130 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CBC
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 188)
HSL	hsl(280, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(280, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 42.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, 35.60, -33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 49.20, 316.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.0893 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.13 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1361, 21.9337, 50.2660)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CBC #87BC6C

analogous

#796CBC #A16CBC #BC6CAF

triadic

#A16CBC #BCA16C #6CBCA1

tetradic

#A16CBC #BC796C #87BC6C #6CAFBC

square

#A16CBC #BC796C #87BC6C #6CAFBC

split-complementary

#A16CBC #AFBC6C #6CBC79

monochromatic

#613677 #844AA1 #A16CBC #BC96CF #D7C0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#A16CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#A16CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CBC

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CBC	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F778B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.130 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be97d0',
    500: '#a16cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cbc;
$custom-light: #be97d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.75,
    "s": 37.383,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61754,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CBC

secondary

#BDD2B2

accent

#CD5A81

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120D14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CBC

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

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