#A16CD1#A16CD1

#A16CD1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.155 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CD1
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 209)
HSL	hsl(271, 52%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 48.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 40.33, -44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 59.94, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.0925 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.155 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5668, 22.9059, 63.0676)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CD1 #9CD16C

analogous

#6E6CD1 #A16CD1 #D16CCF

triadic

#A16CD1 #D1A16C #6CD1A1

tetradic

#A16CD1 #D16E6C #9CD16C #6CCFD1

square

#A16CD1 #D16E6C #9CD16C #6CCFD1

split-complementary

#A16CD1 #CFD16C #6CD16E

monochromatic

#642E94 #833DC2 #A16CD1 #BF9BE0 #DDC9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#A16CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#A16CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CD1

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CD1	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5182D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F84CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.155 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97df',
    500: '#a16cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cd1;
$custom-light: #bf97df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.485,
    "s": 52.332,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62849,
    "c": 0.15476,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CD1

secondary

#CBDFBA

accent

#C0266F

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CD1

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

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