#A16CE9#A16CE9

#A16CE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.184 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CE9
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 233)
HSL	hsl(265, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 53.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 46.06, -55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 72.35, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0944 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.184 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7650, 24.1852, 79.9117)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CE9 #B4E96C

analogous

#6C76E9 #A16CE9 #DF6CE9

triadic

#A16CE9 #E9A16C #6CE9A1

tetradic

#A16CE9 #E96C76 #B4E96C #6CE9DF

square

#A16CE9 #E96C76 #B4E96C #6CE9DF

split-complementary

#A16CE9 #E9DF6C #76E96C

monochromatic

#611CBE #7F37E1 #A16CE9 #C3A1F1 #E5D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#A16CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#A16CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CE9

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CE9	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C86ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D86E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9384A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.184 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c098f1',
    500: '#a16ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ce9;
$custom-light: #c098f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.44,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64231,
    "c": 0.18367,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CE9

secondary

#DBECC4

accent

#D60F82

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CE9

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

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