#A16EA2#A16EA2

#A16EA2 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.097 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EA2
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 162)
HSL	hsl(299, 22%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(299, 32%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 32.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 29.06, -19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 35.23, 325.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% 0.0801 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.097 326)
XYZ	xyz(26.7948, 21.3385, 36.8827)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EA2 #6FA26E

analogous

#876EA2 #A16EA2 #A26E89

triadic

#A16EA2 #A2A16E #6EA2A1

tetradic

#A16EA2 #A2876E #6FA26E #6E89A2

square

#A16EA2 #A2876E #6FA26E #6E89A2

split-complementary

#A16EA2 #89A26E #6EA287

monochromatic

#5B3A5B #805280 #A16EA2 #B993BA #D1B9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#A16EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#A16EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EA2

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EA2	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7682A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.097 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd98bd',
    500: '#a16ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ea2;
$custom-light: #bd98bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.846,
    "s": 21.849,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60912,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.21338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EA2

secondary

#ABC1AB

accent

#BE696B

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F7F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#120E12

muted

#817E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EA2

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

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