#A16CD8#A16CD8

#A16CD8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.163 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CD8
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 41.97, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 63.56, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.0932 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.163 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4525, 23.2602, 67.7324)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CD8 #A3D86C

analogous

#6C6DD8 #A16CD8 #D76CD8

triadic

#A16CD8 #D8A16C #6CD8A1

tetradic

#A16CD8 #D86C6D #A3D86C #6CD8D7

square

#A16CD8 #D86C6D #A3D86C #6CD8D7

split-complementary

#A16CD8 #D8D76C #6DD86C

monochromatic

#642A9F #823CCB #A16CD8 #C09CE5 #DFCDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#A16CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#A16CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CD8

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CD8	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C83DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B85D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.163 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97e4',
    500: '#a16cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cd8;
$custom-light: #bf97e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.444,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63238,
    "c": 0.16321,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CD8

secondary

#D0E3BD

accent

#C62074

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CD8

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

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