#A16DAE#A16DAE

#A16DAE is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.112 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DAE
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 174)
HSL	hsl(288, 29%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(288, 37%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 37.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, 32.05, -26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 41.58, 320.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.0848 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.112 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8056, 21.5711, 42.7351)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DAE #7AAE6D

analogous

#806DAE #A16DAE #AE6D9A

triadic

#A16DAE #AEA16D #6DAEA1

tetradic

#A16DAE #AE806D #7AAE6D #6D9AAE

square

#A16DAE #AE806D #7AAE6D #6D9AAE

split-complementary

#A16DAE #9AAE6D #6DAE80

monochromatic

#5E3967 #824F8F #A16DAE #BA94C4 #D4BCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#A16DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#A16DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DAE

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DAE	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.112 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be98c6',
    500: '#a16dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16dae;
$custom-light: #be98c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 28.634,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61261,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DAE

secondary

#B3C9AE

accent

#C56376

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#120D13

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DAE

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

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