#A16EA4#A16EA4

#A16EA4 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.099 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EA4
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 164)
HSL	hsl(297, 23%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(297, 33%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 32.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 29.46, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 36.15, 324.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61% 0.0807 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.099 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9740, 21.4102, 37.8264)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EA4 #71A46E

analogous

#866EA4 #A16EA4 #A46E8C

triadic

#A16EA4 #A4A16E #6EA4A1

tetradic

#A16EA4 #A4866E #71A46E #6E8CA4

square

#A16EA4 #A4866E #71A46E #6E8CA4

split-complementary

#A16EA4 #8CA46E #6EA486

monochromatic

#5B3A5D #805283 #A16EA4 #B994BC #D2B9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#A16EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#A16EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EA4

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EA4	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7682A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.099 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd98bf',
    500: '#a16ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ea4;
$custom-light: #bd98bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 22.881,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60996,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EA4

secondary

#ADC2AB

accent

#BF686D

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F7F2F7

border

#D0CCD0

text

#120E12

muted

#817E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EA4

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

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