#A16EF9#A16EF9

#A16EF9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.200 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EF9
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 249)
HSL	hsl(262, 92%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(262, 56%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 55.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 48.94, -62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 79.41, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.0924 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.2 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3685, 25.5680, 92.5705)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EF9 #C6F96E

analogous

#6E81F9 #A16EF9 #E66EF9

triadic

#A16EF9 #F9A16E #6EF9A1

tetradic

#A16EF9 #F96E81 #C6F96E #6EF9E6

square

#A16EF9 #F96E81 #C6F96E #6EF9E6

split-complementary

#A16EF9 #F9E66E #81F96E

monochromatic

#5909E3 #7B33F7 #A16EF9 #C7A9FB #ECE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#A16EF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#A16EF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EF9

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EF9	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B8BFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F89F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16ef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.200 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c199fc',
    500: '#a16ef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16ef9;
$custom-light: #c199fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16ef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.014,
    "s": 92.053,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65528,
    "c": 0.19993,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EF9

secondary

#E6F4CE

accent

#E60091

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130E18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EF9

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

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