#A16CEF#A16CEF

#A16CEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.191 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16CEF
RGB	rgb(161, 108, 239)
HSL	hsl(264, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 54.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, 47.53, -58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 75.45, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.0946 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.191 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6367, 24.5339, 84.5026)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16CEF #BAEF6C

analogous

#6C78EF #A16CEF #E36CEF

triadic

#A16CEF #EFA16C #6CEFA1

tetradic

#A16CEF #EF6C78 #BAEF6C #6CEFE3

square

#A16CEF #EF6C78 #BAEF6C #6CEFE3

split-complementary

#A16CEF #EFE36C #78EF6C

monochromatic

#5F16CB #7E35E9 #A16CEF #C4A3F5 #E8DAFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#A16CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#A16CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16CEF

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16CEF	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3588F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4787EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9186A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 108, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.191 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c198f5',
    500: '#a16cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16cef;
$custom-light: #c198f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.275,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64598,
    "c": 0.19085,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16CEF

secondary

#DFEFC7

accent

#DD0987

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16CEF

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

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