#A16CD7#A16CD7

#A16CD7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.162 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CD7
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 215)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 49.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 41.73, -47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 63.04, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% 0.0931 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.162 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3237, 23.2087, 67.0537)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CD7 #A2D76C

analogous

#6C6CD7 #A16CD7 #D76CD7

triadic

#A16CD7 #D7A16C #6CD7A1

tetradic

#A16CD7 #D76C6C #A2D76C #6CD7D7

square

#A16CD7 #D76C6C #A2D76C #6CD7D7

split-complementary

#A16CD7 #D7D76C #6CD76C

monochromatic

#642B9E #823CCA #A16CD7 #C09CE4 #DFCCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#A16CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#A16CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CD7

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CD7	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C83DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B85D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.162 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97e4',
    500: '#a16cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cd7;
$custom-light: #bf97e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.72,
    "s": 57.219,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63182,
    "c": 0.16199,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CD7

secondary

#D0E2BC

accent

#C52174

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E15

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CD7

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

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