#A16DB3#A16DB3

#A16DB3 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.117 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DB3
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 179)
HSL	hsl(285, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(285, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 39.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 33.10, -29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 44.04, 318.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.086 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.117 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3021, 21.7698, 45.3502)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DB3 #7FB36D

analogous

#7E6DB3 #A16DB3 #B36DA2

triadic

#A16DB3 #B3A16D #6DB3A1

tetradic

#A16DB3 #B37E6D #7FB36D #6DA2B3

square

#A16DB3 #B37E6D #7FB36D #6DA2B3

split-complementary

#A16DB3 #A2B36D #6DB37E

monochromatic

#5F396D #834E95 #A16DB3 #BB95C8 #D5BDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#A16DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#A16DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DB3

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DB3	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A17688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.117 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be98ca',
    500: '#a16db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16db3;
$custom-light: #be98ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.571,
    "s": 31.532,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61491,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DB3

secondary

#B7CCB0

accent

#C8607B

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#120D13

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DB3

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

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