#A16EE9#A16EE9

#A16EE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.181 H 300.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EE9
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 233)
HSL	hsl(265, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(265, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 52.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 44.97, -55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 71.14, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.0919 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.181 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9784, 24.6119, 79.9828)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EE9 #B6E96E

analogous

#6E79E9 #A16EE9 #DF6EE9

triadic

#A16EE9 #E9A16E #6EE9A1

tetradic

#A16EE9 #E96E79 #B6E96E #6EE9DF

square

#A16EE9 #E96E79 #B6E96E #6EE9DF

split-complementary

#A16EE9 #E9DF6E #79E96E

monochromatic

#601DC0 #7F39E1 #A16EE9 #C3A3F1 #E6D8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#A16EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#A16EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EE9

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EE9	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4088ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5087E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9386A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.181 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c099f1',
    500: '#a16ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ee9;
$custom-light: #c099f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.878,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64544,
    "c": 0.18068,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EE9

secondary

#DDEDC6

accent

#D61084

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F8F2FD

border

#D1CCD5

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EE9

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

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