#A16DC7#A16DC7

#A16DC7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.141 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DC7
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 199)
HSL	hsl(275, 45%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(275, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 45.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, 37.48, -39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 54.16, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.0897 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.141 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4735, 22.6383, 56.7860)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DC7 #93C76D

analogous

#746DC7 #A16DC7 #C76DC0

triadic

#A16DC7 #C7A16D #6DC7A1

tetradic

#A16DC7 #C7746D #93C76D #6DC0C7

square

#A16DC7 #C7746D #93C76D #6DC0C7

split-complementary

#A16DC7 #C0C76D #6DC774

monochromatic

#633386 #8444B2 #A16DC7 #BD99D8 #DAC5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#A16DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#A16DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DC7

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DC7	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5881CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C7B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.141 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be98d8',
    500: '#a16dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16dc7;
$custom-light: #be98d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 44.554,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62479,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DC7

secondary

#C5D9B7

accent

#B82E68

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#120E14

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DC7

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

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