#A16CEC#A16CEC

#A16CEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.187 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CEC
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 236)
HSL	hsl(265, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.8%, 54.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 46.79, -57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 73.90, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.0946 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.187 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1972, 24.3581, 82.1879)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CEC #B7EC6C

analogous

#6C77EC #A16CEC #E16CEC

triadic

#A16CEC #ECA16C #6CECA1

tetradic

#A16CEC #EC6C77 #B7EC6C #6CECE1

square

#A16CEC #EC6C77 #B7EC6C #6CECE1

split-complementary

#A16CEC #ECE16C #77EC6C

monochromatic

#6019C4 #7E36E5 #A16CEC #C4A2F3 #E6D8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A16CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#A16CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CEC

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CEC	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3987F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A87E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9285A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.187 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c098f3',
    500: '#a16cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cec;
$custom-light: #c098f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.844,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64414,
    "c": 0.18726,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CEC

secondary

#DDEEC6

accent

#D90C84

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CEC

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

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