#A16FBF#A16FBF

#A16FBF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.128 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16FBF
RGB	rgb(161, 111, 191)
HSL	hsl(278, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(278, 42%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 41.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, 34.57, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 48.78, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.0855 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.128 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7847, 22.7081, 52.0942)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16FBF #8DBF6F

analogous

#796FBF #A16FBF #BF6FB5

triadic

#A16FBF #BFA16F #6FBFA1

tetradic

#A16FBF #BF796F #8DBF6F #6FB5BF

square

#A16FBF #BF796F #8DBF6F #6FB5BF

split-complementary

#A16FBF #B5BF6F #6FBF79

monochromatic

#62377C #844AA7 #A16FBF #BD99D2 #D8C4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#A16FBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#A16FBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16FBF

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16FBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16FBF	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F80C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E7B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16fbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 111, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.128 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be99d2',
    500: '#a16fbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16fbf;
$custom-light: #be99d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16fbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62411,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16FBF

secondary

#C1D5B5

accent

#CE5985

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F7F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E14

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16FBF

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

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