#A16DC2#A16DC2

#A16DC2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.135 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DC2
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 194)
HSL	hsl(277, 41%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(277, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 43.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 36.36, -36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 51.60, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0889 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.135 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9025, 22.4099, 53.7788)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DC2 #8EC26D

analogous

#776DC2 #A16DC2 #C26DB9

triadic

#A16DC2 #C2A16D #6DC2A1

tetradic

#A16DC2 #C2776D #8EC26D #6DB9C2

square

#A16DC2 #C2776D #8EC26D #6DB9C2

split-complementary

#A16DC2 #B9C26D #6DC277

monochromatic

#63357F #8447AB #A16DC2 #BD98D4 #D9C3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#A16DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#A16DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DC2

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DC2	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B80C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6883C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.135 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be98d5',
    500: '#a16dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16dc2;
$custom-light: #be98d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.706,
    "s": 41.063,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62223,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DC2

secondary

#C2D6B5

accent

#D15786

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DC2

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

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