#A16CE7#A16CE7

#A16CE7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.181 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CE7
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 231)
HSL	hsl(266, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(266, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 53.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 45.57, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 71.32, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0943 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.181 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4810, 24.0716, 78.4155)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CE7 #B2E76C

analogous

#6C75E7 #A16CE7 #DF6CE7

triadic

#A16CE7 #E7A16C #6CE7A1

tetradic

#A16CE7 #E76C75 #B2E76C #6CE7DF

square

#A16CE7 #E76C75 #B2E76C #6CE7DF

split-complementary

#A16CE7 #E7DF6C #75E76C

monochromatic

#621EBA #7F37DE #A16CE7 #C3A1F0 #E4D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#A16CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#A16CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CE7

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CE7	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E86EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F86E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93849F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.181 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c098ef',
    500: '#a16ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ce7;
$custom-light: #c098ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.854,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64111,
    "c": 0.18127,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CE7

secondary

#DAEBC3

accent

#D41280

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CE7

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

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