#A16DBD#A16DBD

#A16DBD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.129 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DBD
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(279, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 42.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 35.25, -34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 49.05, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.088 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.129 313)
XYZ	xyz(29.3504, 22.1891, 50.8710)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DBD #89BD6D

analogous

#796DBD #A16DBD #BD6DB1

triadic

#A16DBD #BDA16D #6DBDA1

tetradic

#A16DBD #BD796D #89BD6D #6DB1BD

square

#A16DBD #BD796D #89BD6D #6DB1BD

split-complementary

#A16DBD #B1BD6D #6DBD79

monochromatic

#623779 #844AA3 #A16DBD #BC97D0 #D7C1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#A16DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#A16DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DBD

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DBD	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F798C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.129 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be98d1',
    500: '#a16dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16dbd;
$custom-light: #be98d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61972,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.22188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DBD

secondary

#BED3B3

accent

#CE5A83

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DBD

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

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