#B16AEE#B16AEE

#B16AEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.196 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16AEE
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(272, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 55.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 52.22, -55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 76.51, 313.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.117 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.196 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7149, 25.8286, 83.8182)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16AEE #A7EE6A

analogous

#6F6AEE #B16AEE #EE6AE9

triadic

#B16AEE #EEB16A #6AEEB1

tetradic

#B16AEE #EE6F6A #A7EE6A #6AE9EE

square

#B16AEE #EE6F6A #A7EE6A #6AE9EE

split-complementary

#B16AEE #E9EE6A #6AEE6F

monochromatic

#7517C7 #9433E8 #B16AEE #CEA1F4 #EBD8FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B16AEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#B16AEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16AEE

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16AEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16AEE	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B89F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#558CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A783A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16aee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.196 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc97f4',
    500: '#b16aee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16aee;
$custom-light: #cc97f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16aee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.273,
    "s": 79.518,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65891,
    "c": 0.19618,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16AEE

secondary

#D8EFC5

accent

#DC0A6B

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16AEE

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

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