#A16CDD#A16CDD

#A16CDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.169 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CDD
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 51.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 43.16, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 66.15, 310.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0937 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.169 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1088, 23.5227, 71.1887)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CDD #A8DD6C

analogous

#6C6FDD #A16CDD #DA6CDD

triadic

#A16CDD #DDA16C #6CDDA1

tetradic

#A16CDD #DD6C6F #A8DD6C #6CDDDA

square

#A16CDD #DD6C6F #A8DD6C #6CDDDA

split-complementary

#A16CDD #DDDA6C #6FDD6C

monochromatic

#6327A8 #813AD2 #A16CDD #C19EE8 #E1CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#A16CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#A16CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CDD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CDD	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4884E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5785DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96819A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.169 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c097e8',
    500: '#a16cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cdd;
$custom-light: #c097e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.142,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63523,
    "c": 0.16923,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CDD

secondary

#D4E6BF

accent

#CA1B78

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CDD

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

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