#A16EE6#A16EE6

#A16EE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.177 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EE6
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 230)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(266, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 52.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 44.23, -53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 69.58, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.0917 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.177 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5535, 24.4420, 77.7449)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EE6 #B3E66E

analogous

#6E77E6 #A16EE6 #DD6EE6

triadic

#A16EE6 #E6A16E #6EE6A1

tetradic

#A16EE6 #E66E77 #B3E66E #6EE6DD

square

#A16EE6 #E66E77 #B3E66E #6EE6DD

split-complementary

#A16EE6 #E6DD6E #77E66E

monochromatic

#6120BA #7F3ADD #A16EE6 #C3A2EF #E5D6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#A16EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#A16EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EE6

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EE6	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4387EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5287E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9485A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.177 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c099ee',
    500: '#a16ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ee6;
$custom-light: #c099ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.5,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64365,
    "c": 0.17705,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EE6

secondary

#DBEBC5

accent

#D31381

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EE6

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

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