#A16CEA#A16CEA

#A16CEA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.185 H 300.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CEA
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 234)
HSL	hsl(265, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 53.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 46.30, -56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 72.87, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.0945 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.185 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9083, 24.2425, 80.6661)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CEA #B5EA6C

analogous

#6C76EA #A16CEA #E06CEA

triadic

#A16CEA #EAA16C #6CEAA1

tetradic

#A16CEA #EA6C76 #B5EA6C #6CEAE0

square

#A16CEA #EA6C76 #B5EA6C #6CEAE0

split-complementary

#A16CEA #EAE06C #76EA6C

monochromatic

#611BC0 #7F36E2 #A16CEA #C3A2F2 #E5D7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#A16CEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#A16CEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CEA

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CEA	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B87EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9285A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.185 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c098f1',
    500: '#a16cea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cea;
$custom-light: #c098f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.238,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64292,
    "c": 0.18487,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CEA

secondary

#DCEDC5

accent

#D70E83

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CEA

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

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