#A16EFE#A16EFE

#A16EFE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.206 H 296.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16EFE
RGB	rgb(161, 110, 254)
HSL	hsl(261, 99%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(261, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 56.7%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 50.20, -64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 81.98, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.0924 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.206 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1587, 25.8841, 96.7324)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16EFE #CBFE6E

analogous

#6E83FE #A16EFE #E96EFE

triadic

#A16EFE #FEA16E #6EFEA1

tetradic

#A16EFE #FE6E83 #CBFE6E #6EFEE9

square

#A16EFE #FE6E83 #CBFE6E #6EFEE9

split-complementary

#A16EFE #FEE96E #83FE6E

monochromatic

#5602F0 #7A31FE #A16EFE #C8ABFE #EBE1FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#A16EFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#A16EFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16EFE

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16EFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16EFE	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#218CFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3889FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8CAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16efe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 110, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.206 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c299ff',
    500: '#a16efe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16efe;
$custom-light: #c299ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16efe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.25,
    "s": 98.63,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65847,
    "c": 0.20589,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16EFE

secondary

#E9F7D1

accent

#E60094

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F8F2FF

border

#D1CCD7

text

#130E18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16EFE

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

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