#A16CED#A16CED

#A16CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.188 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CED
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 237)
HSL	hsl(265, 78%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 54.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 47.04, -57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 74.41, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.0946 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.188 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3429, 24.4164, 82.9552)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CED #B8ED6C

analogous

#6C77ED #A16CED #E16CED

triadic

#A16CED #EDA16C #6CEDA1

tetradic

#A16CED #ED6C77 #B8ED6C #6CEDE1

square

#A16CED #ED6C77 #B8ED6C #6CEDE1

split-complementary

#A16CED #EDE16C #77ED6C

monochromatic

#6018C6 #7E35E6 #A16CED #C4A3F4 #E7D9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A16CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#A16CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CED

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CED	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3787F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4987EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9186A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.188 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c198f3',
    500: '#a16ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ced;
$custom-light: #c198f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.651,
    "s": 78.182,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64475,
    "c": 0.18846,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CED

secondary

#DEEEC6

accent

#DA0B85

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CED

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

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