#A16DCB#A16DCB

#A16DCB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.146 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DCB
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 203)
HSL	hsl(273, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 46.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 38.39, -41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 56.22, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.0903 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.146 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9440, 22.8265, 59.2641)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DCB #97CB6D

analogous

#726DCB #A16DCB #CB6DC6

triadic

#A16DCB #CBA16D #6DCBA1

tetradic

#A16DCB #CB726D #97CB6D #6DC6CB

square

#A16DCB #CB726D #97CB6D #6DC6CB

split-complementary

#A16DCB #C6CB6D #6DCB72

monochromatic

#64328C #8442B9 #A16DCB #BE9ADB #DBC7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#A16DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#A16DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DCB

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DCB	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5681CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.146 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf98db',
    500: '#a16dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16dcb;
$custom-light: #bf98db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 47.475,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62689,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DCB

secondary

#C8DCB8

accent

#BB2B6B

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DCB

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

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