#A16CD9#A16CD9

#A16CD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.164 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CD9
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(269, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 42.21, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 64.08, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% 0.0933 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.164 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5822, 23.3121, 68.4154)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CD9 #A4D96C

analogous

#6C6DD9 #A16CD9 #D76CD9

triadic

#A16CD9 #D9A16C #6CD9A1

tetradic

#A16CD9 #D96C6D #A4D96C #6CD9D7

square

#A16CD9 #D96C6D #A4D96C #6CD9D7

split-complementary

#A16CD9 #D9D76C #6DD96C

monochromatic

#642AA1 #823BCC #A16CD9 #C09DE6 #DFCDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#A16CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#A16CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CD9

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CD9	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B83DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A85D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.164 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf97e5',
    500: '#a16cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cd9;
$custom-light: #bf97e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.174,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63295,
    "c": 0.16441,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CD9

secondary

#D1E4BD

accent

#C71F75

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FC

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CD9

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

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