#A16CEE#A16CEE

#A16CEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.190 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CEE
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 54.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 47.29, -58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 74.93, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.0946 -0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.19 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4894, 24.4750, 83.7268)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CEE #B9EE6C

analogous

#6C78EE #A16CEE #E26CEE

triadic

#A16CEE #EEA16C #6CEEA1

tetradic

#A16CEE #EE6C78 #B9EE6C #6CEEE2

square

#A16CEE #EE6C78 #B9EE6C #6CEEE2

split-complementary

#A16CEE #EEE26C #78EE6C

monochromatic

#5F17C8 #7E35E8 #A16CEE #C4A3F4 #E7DAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A16CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#A16CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CEE

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CEE	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3687F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4887EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9186A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.190 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c198f4',
    500: '#a16cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cee;
$custom-light: #c198f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.462,
    "s": 79.268,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64536,
    "c": 0.18966,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CEE

secondary

#DFEFC7

accent

#DC0A86

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CEE

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

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