#A16CD3#A16CD3

#A16CD3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.157 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CD3
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 211)
HSL	hsl(271, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 48.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 40.80, -45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 60.97, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.0927 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.157 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8160, 23.0056, 64.3798)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CD3 #9ED36C

analogous

#6E6CD3 #A16CD3 #D36CD1

triadic

#A16CD3 #D3A16C #6CD3A1

tetradic

#A16CD3 #D36E6C #9ED36C #6CD1D3

square

#A16CD3 #D36E6C #9ED36C #6CD1D3

split-complementary

#A16CD3 #D1D36C #6CD36E

monochromatic

#642D97 #833DC5 #A16CD3 #BF9BE1 #DDCAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#A16CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#A16CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CD3

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CD3	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F82D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E84D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.157 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97e1',
    500: '#a16cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cd3;
$custom-light: #bf97e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.874,
    "s": 53.927,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62959,
    "c": 0.15717,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CD3

secondary

#CDE0BB

accent

#C12470

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CD3

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

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