#A16EA3#A16EA3

#A16EA3 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.098 H 325.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EA3
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 163)
HSL	hsl(298, 22%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(298, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 32.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, 29.26, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 35.69, 325.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.0804 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.098 325.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8841, 21.3742, 37.3527)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EA3 #70A36E

analogous

#866EA3 #A16EA3 #A36E8A

triadic

#A16EA3 #A3A16E #6EA3A1

tetradic

#A16EA3 #A3866E #70A36E #6E8AA3

square

#A16EA3 #A3866E #70A36E #6E8AA3

split-complementary

#A16EA3 #8AA36E #6EA386

monochromatic

#5B3A5C #805282 #A16EA3 #B993BB #D2B9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#A16EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#A16EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EA3

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EA3	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#6A7BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7682A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.098 325.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd98be',
    500: '#a16ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ea3;
$custom-light: #bd98be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.736,
    "s": 22.363,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60954,
    "c": 0.09768,
    "h": 325.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EA3

secondary

#ACC2AB

accent

#BF696C

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F7F2F6

border

#D0CCD0

text

#120E12

muted

#817E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EA3

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

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