#A16DEE#A16DEE

#A16DEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.188 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16DEE
RGB	rgb(161, 109, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 54.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 46.74, -57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 74.33, 308.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% 0.0934 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.188 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5955, 24.6871, 83.7621)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16DEE #BAEE6D

analogous

#6D79EE #A16DEE #E16DEE

triadic

#A16DEE #EEA16D #6DEEA1

tetradic

#A16DEE #EE6D79 #BAEE6D #6DEEE1

square

#A16DEE #EE6D79 #BAEE6D #6DEEE1

split-complementary

#A16DEE #EEE16D #79EE6D

monochromatic

#5F17C9 #7E36E8 #A16DEE #C4A4F4 #E8DBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#A16DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#A16DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16DEE

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16DEE	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3888F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A87EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9187A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 109, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.188 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c198f4',
    500: '#a16dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16dee;
$custom-light: #c198f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.186,
    "s": 79.141,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6469,
    "c": 0.18819,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16DEE

secondary

#DFEFC8

accent

#DB0A87

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16DEE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →