#A16CE8#A16CE8

#A16CE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.182 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CE8
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 232)
HSL	hsl(266, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 53.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 45.81, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 71.83, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.0944 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.182 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6226, 24.1283, 79.1615)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CE8 #B3E86C

analogous

#6C75E8 #A16CE8 #DF6CE8

triadic

#A16CE8 #E8A16C #6CE8A1

tetradic

#A16CE8 #E86C75 #B3E86C #6CE8DF

square

#A16CE8 #E86C75 #B3E86C #6CE8DF

split-complementary

#A16CE8 #E8DF6C #75E86C

monochromatic

#611DBC #7F37E0 #A16CE8 #C3A1F0 #E5D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A16CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#A16CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CE8

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CE8	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D86EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E86E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9384A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.182 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c098f0',
    500: '#a16ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ce8;
$custom-light: #c098f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.645,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64171,
    "c": 0.18247,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CE8

secondary

#DBECC4

accent

#D51081

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CE8

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

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