#A16DC4#A16DC4

#A16DC4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.137 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DC4
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 196)
HSL	hsl(276, 42%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(276, 44%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 44.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 36.81, -37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 52.62, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.0893 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.137 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1286, 22.5004, 54.9697)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DC4 #90C46D

analogous

#766DC4 #A16DC4 #C46DBC

triadic

#A16DC4 #C4A16D #6DC4A1

tetradic

#A16DC4 #C4766D #90C46D #6DBCC4

square

#A16DC4 #C4766D #90C46D #6DBCC4

split-complementary

#A16DC4 #BCC46D #6DC476

monochromatic

#633582 #8446AE #A16DC4 #BD99D6 #D9C4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#A16DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#A16DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DC4

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DC4	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A80C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6783C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D7A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.137 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be98d6',
    500: '#a16dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16dc4;
$custom-light: #be98d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.862,
    "s": 42.439,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62325,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DC4

secondary

#C3D7B6

accent

#D25688

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DC4

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

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