#A16CD0#A16CD0

#A16CD0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.154 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CD0
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 208)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 48.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 40.10, -43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 59.43, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.0924 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.154 307)
XYZ	xyz(31.4434, 22.8566, 62.4176)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CD0 #9BD06C

analogous

#6F6CD0 #A16CD0 #D06CCD

triadic

#A16CD0 #D0A16C #6CD0A1

tetradic

#A16CD0 #D06F6C #9BD06C #6CCDD0

square

#A16CD0 #D06F6C #9BD06C #6CCDD0

split-complementary

#A16CD0 #CDD06C #6CD06F

monochromatic

#642F93 #833EC1 #A16CD0 #BF9ADF #DCC9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#A16CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#A16CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CD0

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CD0	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5181D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6084CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.154 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97df',
    500: '#a16cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cd0;
$custom-light: #bf97df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.8,
    "s": 51.546,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62794,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.22856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CD0

secondary

#CBDEB9

accent

#BF276E

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CD0

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

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