#B166D9#B166D9

#B166D9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.179 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B166D9
RGB	rgb(177, 102, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 53%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 49.64, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 68.51, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.121 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.179 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4050, 23.8604, 68.3726)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B166D9 #8ED966

analogous

#7766D9 #B166D9 #D966C8

triadic

#B166D9 #D9B166 #66D9B1

tetradic

#B166D9 #D97766 #8ED966 #66C8D9

square

#B166D9 #D97766 #8ED966 #66C8D9

split-complementary

#B166D9 #C8D966 #66D977

monochromatic

#74279D #9835CD #B166D9 #CA97E5 #E3C8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B166D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#B166D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B166D9

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B166D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B166D9	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4882DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6088D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b166d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 102, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.179 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb94e5',
    500: '#b166d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b166d9;
$custom-light: #cb94e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b166d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.13,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64106,
    "c": 0.17908,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B166D9

secondary

#C7E2B8

accent

#C81E59

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B166D9

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

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