#B16AEC#B16AEC

#B16AEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.194 H 307.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16AEC
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 236)
HSL	hsl(273, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 55.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, 51.76, -54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 75.52, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.1169 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.194 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4227, 25.7117, 82.2793)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16AEC #A5EC6A

analogous

#706AEC #B16AEC #EC6AE6

triadic

#B16AEC #ECB16A #6AECB1

tetradic

#B16AEC #EC706A #A5EC6A #6AE6EC

square

#B16AEC #EC706A #A5EC6A #6AE6EC

split-complementary

#B16AEC #E6EC6A #6AEC70

monochromatic

#7619C3 #9534E5 #B16AEC #CDA0F3 #EAD7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B16AEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B16AEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16AEC

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16AEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16AEC	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D88F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#578BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A882A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16aec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.194 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97f3',
    500: '#b16aec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16aec;
$custom-light: #cb97f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16aec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.769,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65773,
    "c": 0.19394,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16AEC

secondary

#D7EEC4

accent

#DA0C69

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16AEC

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

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