#A16CD6#A16CD6

#A16CD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.161 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CD6
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 41.50, -46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 62.52, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.093 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.161 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1956, 23.1574, 66.3790)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CD6 #A1D66C

analogous

#6C6CD6 #A16CD6 #D66CD6

triadic

#A16CD6 #D6A16C #6CD6A1

tetradic

#A16CD6 #D66C6C #A1D66C #6CD6D6

square

#A16CD6 #D66C6C #A1D66C #6CD6D6

split-complementary

#A16CD6 #D6D66C #6CD66C

monochromatic

#642C9C #823CC9 #A16CD6 #C09CE3 #DECCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#A16CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#A16CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CD6

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CD6	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D83DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.161 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97e3',
    500: '#a16cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cd6;
$custom-light: #bf97e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63126,
    "c": 0.16079,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CD6

secondary

#CFE2BC

accent

#C42273

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CD6

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

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