#B16ADE#B16ADE

#B16ADE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.178 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16ADE
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 222)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 52.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, 48.64, -48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 68.59, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.1161 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.178 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4679, 24.9298, 71.9839)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16ADE #97DE6A

analogous

#776ADE #B16ADE #DE6AD1

triadic

#B16ADE #DEB16A #6ADEB1

tetradic

#B16ADE #DE776A #97DE6A #6AD1DE

square

#B16ADE #DE776A #97DE6A #6AD1DE

split-complementary

#B16ADE #D1DE6A #6ADE77

monochromatic

#7525A8 #9738D3 #B16ADE #CB9CE9 #E5CEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B16ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#B16ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16ADE

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16ADE	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A85E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.178 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97e9',
    500: '#b16ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ade;
$custom-light: #cb97e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.724,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64972,
    "c": 0.17831,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16ADE

secondary

#CDE6BE

accent

#CC1A5F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16ADE

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

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