#B166D8#B166D8

#B166D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.178 H 312.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B166D8
RGB	rgb(177, 102, 216)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 52.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 49.42, -46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 68.02, 316.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.1209 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.178 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2754, 23.8086, 67.6897)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B166D8 #8DD866

analogous

#7866D8 #B166D8 #D866C6

triadic

#B166D8 #D8B166 #66D8B1

tetradic

#B166D8 #D87866 #8DD866 #66C6D8

square

#B166D8 #D87866 #8DD866 #66C6D8

split-complementary

#B166D8 #C6D866 #66D878

monochromatic

#74289C #9835CC #B166D8 #CA97E4 #E3C8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B166D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B166D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B166D8

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B166D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B166D8	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4982DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6188D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b166d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 102, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.178 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb94e4',
    500: '#b166d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b166d8;
$custom-light: #cb94e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b166d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64051,
    "c": 0.17799,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B166D8

secondary

#C6E2B8

accent

#C71E58

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B166D8

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

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