#A16ED4#A16ED4

#A16ED4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.155 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16ED4
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 212)
HSL	hsl(270, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 48%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 48.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 39.92, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 60.24, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0901 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.155 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1551, 23.4826, 65.1132)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16ED4 #A1D46E

analogous

#6E6ED4 #A16ED4 #D46ED4

triadic

#A16ED4 #D4A16E #6ED4A1

tetradic

#A16ED4 #D46E6E #A1D46E #6ED4D4

square

#A16ED4 #D46E6E #A1D46E #6ED4D4

split-complementary

#A16ED4 #D4D46E #6ED46E

monochromatic

#642E9A #823FC6 #A16ED4 #C09DE2 #DECCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#A16ED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#A16ED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16ED4

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16ED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16ED4	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5283D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F85D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.155 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf99e1',
    500: '#a16ed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ed4;
$custom-light: #bf99e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 54.255,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63339,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16ED4

secondary

#CFE1BD

accent

#C22473

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#120E15

muted

#817E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16ED4

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

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