#A16EBD#A16EBD

#A16EBD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.127 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EBD
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 189)
HSL	hsl(279, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(279, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 41.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 34.69, -33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 48.41, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.0866 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.127 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4576, 22.4036, 50.9068)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EBD #8ABD6E

analogous

#796EBD #A16EBD #BD6EB1

triadic

#A16EBD #BDA16E #6EBDA1

tetradic

#A16EBD #BD796E #8ABD6E #6EB1BD

square

#A16EBD #BD796E #8ABD6E #6EB1BD

split-complementary

#A16EBD #B1BD6E #6EBD79

monochromatic

#623779 #844AA3 #A16EBD #BC98D0 #D8C2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#A16EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#A16EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EBD

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EBD	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F798C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.127 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be98d1',
    500: '#a16ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ebd;
$custom-light: #be98d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.734,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62142,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EBD

secondary

#BFD3B4

accent

#CD5A83

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EBD

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

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