#B16AEF#B16AEF

#B16AEF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.197 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16AEF
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 239)
HSL	hsl(272, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(272, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 55.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 52.44, -56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 77.01, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.117 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.197 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8622, 25.8875, 84.5941)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16AEF #A8EF6A

analogous

#6E6AEF #B16AEF #EF6AEB

triadic

#B16AEF #EFB16A #6AEFB1

tetradic

#B16AEF #EF6E6A #A8EF6A #6AEBEF

square

#B16AEF #EF6E6A #A8EF6A #6AEBEF

split-complementary

#B16AEF #EBEF6A #6AEF6E

monochromatic

#7516C9 #9433E9 #B16AEF #CEA1F5 #EBD9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B16AEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B16AEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16AEF

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16AEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16AEF	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A89F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548CEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A783A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16aef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.197 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc97f5',
    500: '#b16aef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16aef;
$custom-light: #cc97f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16aef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.03,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65951,
    "c": 0.1973,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16AEF

secondary

#D9EFC6

accent

#DD096C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16AEF

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

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