#A16EE8#A16EE8

#A16EE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.179 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EE8
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 232)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.6%, 52.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, 44.72, -54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 70.62, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.0919 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.179 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8360, 24.5550, 79.2326)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EE8 #B5E86E

analogous

#6E78E8 #A16EE8 #DE6EE8

triadic

#A16EE8 #E8A16E #6EE8A1

tetradic

#A16EE8 #E86E78 #B5E86E #6EE8DE

square

#A16EE8 #E86E78 #B5E86E #6EE8DE

split-complementary

#A16EE8 #E8DE6E #78E86E

monochromatic

#611EBE #7F39E0 #A16EE8 #C3A3F0 #E5D8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A16EE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#A16EE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EE8

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EE8	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4187EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5087E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9385A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.179 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c099f0',
    500: '#a16ee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ee8;
$custom-light: #c099f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.082,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64484,
    "c": 0.17947,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EE8

secondary

#DCECC6

accent

#D51183

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EE8

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

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