#A16CD4#A16CD4

#A16CD4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.158 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CD4
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 212)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(271, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 49.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 41.03, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 61.49, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.0928 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.158 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9417, 23.0559, 65.0421)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CD4 #9FD46C

analogous

#6D6CD4 #A16CD4 #D46CD3

triadic

#A16CD4 #D4A16C #6CD4A1

tetradic

#A16CD4 #D46D6C #9FD46C #6CD3D4

square

#A16CD4 #D46D6C #9FD46C #6CD3D4

split-complementary

#A16CD4 #D3D46C #6CD46D

monochromatic

#642D99 #833DC6 #A16CD4 #BF9BE2 #DECBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#A16CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#A16CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CD4

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CD4	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F82D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.158 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97e2',
    500: '#a16cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cd4;
$custom-light: #bf97e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.577,
    "s": 54.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63014,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CD4

secondary

#CEE1BB

accent

#C22371

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CD4

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

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