#A16DE8#A16DE8

#A16DE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.181 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DE8
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 232)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 53%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 45.27, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 71.23, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.0931 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.181 301)
XYZ	xyz(34.7287, 24.3404, 79.1968)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DE8 #B4E86D

analogous

#6D77E8 #A16DE8 #DF6DE8

triadic

#A16DE8 #E8A16D #6DE8A1

tetradic

#A16DE8 #E86D77 #B4E86D #6DE8DF

square

#A16DE8 #E86D77 #B4E86D #6DE8DF

split-complementary

#A16DE8 #E8DF6D #77E86D

monochromatic

#611EBD #7F38E0 #A16DE8 #C3A2F0 #E5D7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#A16DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#A16DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DE8

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DE8	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F87EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F87E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9385A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.181 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c098f0',
    500: '#a16de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16de8;
$custom-light: #c098f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.366,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64327,
    "c": 0.18098,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.24341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DE8

secondary

#DBECC5

accent

#D51182

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DE8

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

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