#A16CD5#A16CD5

#A16CD5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.160 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CD5
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 213)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 49.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, 41.26, -46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 62.01, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.0929 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.16 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0682, 23.1065, 65.7085)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CD5 #A0D56C

analogous

#6C6CD5 #A16CD5 #D56CD4

triadic

#A16CD5 #D5A16C #6CD5A1

tetradic

#A16CD5 #D56C6C #A0D56C #6CD4D5

square

#A16CD5 #D56C6C #A0D56C #6CD4D5

split-complementary

#A16CD5 #D4D56C #6CD56C

monochromatic

#642C9A #833CC7 #A16CD5 #BF9CE3 #DECBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#A16CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#A16CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CD5

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CD5	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E82D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D84D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.160 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97e2',
    500: '#a16cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cd5;
$custom-light: #bf97e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6307,
    "c": 0.15959,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CD5

secondary

#CEE1BB

accent

#C32272

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CD5

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

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