#A16EEE#A16EEE

#A16EEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.187 H 299.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EEE
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 53.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 46.20, -57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 73.73, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% 0.0921 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.187 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7028, 24.9017, 83.7979)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EEE #BBEE6E

analogous

#6E7BEE #A16EEE #E16EEE

triadic

#A16EEE #EEA16E #6EEEA1

tetradic

#A16EEE #EE6E7B #BBEE6E #6EEEE1

square

#A16EEE #EE6E7B #BBEE6E #6EEEE1

split-complementary

#A16EEE #EEE16E #7BEE6E

monochromatic

#5F18CA #7D37E8 #A16EEE #C5A5F4 #E8DCFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#A16EEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#A16EEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EEE

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EEE	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B89F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B88EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9187A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16eee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.187 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c199f4',
    500: '#a16eee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16eee;
$custom-light: #c199f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16eee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.906,
    "s": 79.012,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64846,
    "c": 0.18672,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EEE

secondary

#E0EFC8

accent

#DB0A88

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FE

border

#D1CCD6

text

#130E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EEE

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

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