#A16EAD#A16EAD

#A16EAD is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.109 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EAD
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 173)
HSL	hsl(289, 28%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 36%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 36.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 31.28, -25.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 40.43, 320.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.083 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.109 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8157, 21.7469, 42.2594)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EAD #7AAD6E

analogous

#816EAD #A16EAD #AD6E99

triadic

#A16EAD #ADA16E #6EADA1

tetradic

#A16EAD #AD816E #7AAD6E #6E99AD

square

#A16EAD #AD816E #7AAD6E #6E99AD

split-complementary

#A16EAD #99AD6E #6EAD81

monochromatic

#5E3A67 #82508E #A16EAD #BA95C3 #D4BCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#A16EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#A16EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EAD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EAD	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7282AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A27586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.109 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be98c5',
    500: '#a16ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ead;
$custom-light: #be98c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 27.753,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61389,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EAD

secondary

#B3C9AE

accent

#C46476

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F8

border

#D0CCD1

text

#120E13

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EAD

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

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