#A16DC0#A16DC0

#A16DC0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.133 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DC0
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 192)
HSL	hsl(278, 40%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 43.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, 35.92, -35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 50.58, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% 0.0886 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.133 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6794, 22.3207, 52.6038)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DC0 #8CC06D

analogous

#786DC0 #A16DC0 #C06DB6

triadic

#A16DC0 #C0A16D #6DC0A1

tetradic

#A16DC0 #C0786D #8CC06D #6DB6C0

square

#A16DC0 #C0786D #8CC06D #6DB6C0

split-complementary

#A16DC0 #B6C06D #6DC078

monochromatic

#62367D #8448A8 #A16DC0 #BD98D2 #D8C3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#A16DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#A16DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DC0

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DC0	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7FC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6983BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E798D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.133 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be98d3',
    500: '#a16dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16dc0;
$custom-light: #be98d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.59,
    "s": 39.713,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62122,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DC0

secondary

#C0D5B4

accent

#D05885

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DC0

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

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