#A16ECD#A16ECD

#A16ECD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.147 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16ECD
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 205)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(272, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 46.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 38.29, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 56.61, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.0892 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.147 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2911, 23.1370, 60.5632)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16ECD #9ACD6E

analogous

#726ECD #A16ECD #CD6EC9

triadic

#A16ECD #CDA16E #6ECDA1

tetradic

#A16ECD #CD726E #9ACD6E #6EC9CD

square

#A16ECD #CD726E #9ACD6E #6EC9CD

split-complementary

#A16ECD #C9CD6E #6ECD72

monochromatic

#64318F #8341BD #A16ECD #BF9CDD #DCC9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#A16ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#A16ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16ECD

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16ECD	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5682D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6385CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B7E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.147 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf99dc',
    500: '#a16ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ecd;
$custom-light: #bf99dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.211,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62961,
    "c": 0.14664,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16ECD

secondary

#CADDBA

accent

#BC296D

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F7F2FB

border

#D0CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16ECD

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

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