#A16CD2#A16CD2

#A16CD2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.156 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CD2
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 210)
HSL	hsl(271, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(271, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 48.6%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 40.56, -44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 60.46, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.0926 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.156 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6910, 22.9556, 63.7216)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CD2 #9DD26C

analogous

#6E6CD2 #A16CD2 #D26CD0

triadic

#A16CD2 #D2A16C #6CD2A1

tetradic

#A16CD2 #D26E6C #9DD26C #6CD0D2

square

#A16CD2 #D26E6C #9DD26C #6CD0D2

split-complementary

#A16CD2 #D0D26C #6CD26E

monochromatic

#642E96 #833DC4 #A16CD2 #BF9BE0 #DDCAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#A16CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#A16CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CD2

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CD2	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5082D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.156 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97e0',
    500: '#a16cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cd2;
$custom-light: #bf97e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.176,
    "s": 53.125,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62904,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CD2

secondary

#CCE0BA

accent

#C12570

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CD2

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

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