#A16DDD#A16DDD

#A16DDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.168 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DDD
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 50.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 42.61, -49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 65.53, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.0924 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.168 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2149, 23.7349, 71.2240)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DDD #A9DD6D

analogous

#6D71DD #A16DDD #D96DDD

triadic

#A16DDD #DDA16D #6DDDA1

tetradic

#A16DDD #DD6D71 #A9DD6D #6DDDD9

square

#A16DDD #DD6D71 #A9DD6D #6DDDD9

split-complementary

#A16DDD #DDD96D #71DD6D

monochromatic

#6327A8 #813BD1 #A16DDD #C19FE9 #E1D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#A16DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#A16DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DDD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DDD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4985E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96819B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.168 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf98e8',
    500: '#a16ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ddd;
$custom-light: #bf98e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63682,
    "c": 0.16768,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DDD

secondary

#D4E6C0

accent

#CA1C79

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DDD

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

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