#A16EDD#A16EDD

#A16EDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.166 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EDD
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 221)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(268, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 50.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 42.06, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 64.91, 310.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.091 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.166 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3221, 23.9494, 71.2598)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EDD #AADD6E

analogous

#6E72DD #A16EDD #D96EDD

triadic

#A16EDD #DDA16E #6EDDA1

tetradic

#A16EDD #DD6E72 #AADD6E #6EDDD9

square

#A16EDD #DD6E72 #AADD6E #6EDDD9

split-complementary

#A16EDD #DDD96E #72DD6E

monochromatic

#6328A9 #813CD1 #A16EDD #C1A0E9 #E1D1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#A16EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#A16EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EDD

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EDD	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B85E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5986DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96829B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.166 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf99e8',
    500: '#a16edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16edd;
$custom-light: #bf99e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.568,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63843,
    "c": 0.16612,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EDD

secondary

#D5E6C0

accent

#CA1C7A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#120E16

muted

#817E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EDD

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

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