#A16ECB#A16ECB

#A16ECB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.144 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16ECB
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 203)
HSL	hsl(273, 47%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(273, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 45.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 37.83, -40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 55.58, 312.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.0889 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.144 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0513, 23.0411, 59.2999)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16ECB #98CB6E

analogous

#736ECB #A16ECB #CB6EC7

triadic

#A16ECB #CBA16E #6ECBA1

tetradic

#A16ECB #CB736E #98CB6E #6EC7CB

square

#A16ECB #CB736E #98CB6E #6EC7CB

split-complementary

#A16ECB #C7CB6E #6ECB73

monochromatic

#64328C #8442B9 #A16ECB #BE9BDB #DBC8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#A16ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#A16ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16ECB

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16ECB	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5782CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6585C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.144 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf99db',
    500: '#a16ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ecb;
$custom-light: #bf99db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.903,
    "s": 47.208,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62855,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16ECB

secondary

#C9DCB9

accent

#BA2B6C

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16ECB

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

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