#A16CEB#A16CEB

#A16CEB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.186 H 300.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CEB
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 235)
HSL	hsl(265, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 54%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 46.55, -56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 73.38, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.0945 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.186 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0524, 24.3002, 81.4249)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CEB #B6EB6C

analogous

#6C77EB #A16CEB #E06CEB

triadic

#A16CEB #EBA16C #6CEBA1

tetradic

#A16CEB #EB6C77 #B6EB6C #6CEBE0

square

#A16CEB #EB6C77 #B6EB6C #6CEBE0

split-complementary

#A16CEB #EBE06C #77EB6C

monochromatic

#601AC2 #7F36E4 #A16CEB #C3A2F2 #E6D8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A16CEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#A16CEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CEB

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CEB	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A87EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B86E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9285A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.186 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c098f2',
    500: '#a16ceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ceb;
$custom-light: #c098f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.039,
    "s": 76.048,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64353,
    "c": 0.18607,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CEB

secondary

#DDEDC5

accent

#D80D84

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CEB

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

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