#A16DCD#A16DCD

#A16DCD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.148 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DCD
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 205)
HSL	hsl(273, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(273, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 46.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 38.85, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 57.25, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.0906 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.148 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1839, 22.9225, 60.5275)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DCD #99CD6D

analogous

#716DCD #A16DCD #CD6DC9

triadic

#A16DCD #CDA16D #6DCDA1

tetradic

#A16DCD #CD716D #99CD6D #6DC9CD

square

#A16DCD #CD716D #99CD6D #6DC9CD

split-complementary

#A16DCD #C9CD6D #6DCD71

monochromatic

#64318F #8440BC #A16DCD #BE9BDD #DCC8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#A16DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#A16DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DCD

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DCD	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5582D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6284CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.148 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf98dc',
    500: '#a16dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16dcd;
$custom-light: #bf98dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62796,
    "c": 0.14829,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DCD

secondary

#C9DDB9

accent

#BC296D

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DCD

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

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