#A16CDE#A16CDE

#A16CDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.170 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CDE
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 222)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 51.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 43.40, -50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 66.66, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% 0.0938 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.17 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2424, 23.5762, 71.8924)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CDE #A9DE6C

analogous

#6C70DE #A16CDE #DA6CDE

triadic

#A16CDE #DEA16C #6CDEA1

tetradic

#A16CDE #DE6C70 #A9DE6C #6CDEDA

square

#A16CDE #DE6C70 #A9DE6C #6CDEDA

split-complementary

#A16CDE #DEDA6C #70DE6C

monochromatic

#6326AA #813AD3 #A16CDE #C19EE9 #E1D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#A16CDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#A16CDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CDE

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CDE	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4784E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5685DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96819B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.170 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c097e9',
    500: '#a16cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cde;
$custom-light: #c097e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.895,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63581,
    "c": 0.17044,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CDE

secondary

#D4E6BF

accent

#CB1A79

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CDE

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

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