#B16AF6#B16AF6

#B16AF6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.205 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16AF6
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 246)
HSL	hsl(270, 89%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 57%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 56.9%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, 54.05, -59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 80.49, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.1172 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.205 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9164, 26.3092, 90.1462)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16AF6 #AFF66A

analogous

#6B6AF6 #B16AF6 #F66AF5

triadic

#B16AF6 #F6B16A #6AF6B1

tetradic

#B16AF6 #F66B6A #AFF66A #6AF5F6

square

#B16AF6 #F66B6A #AFF66A #6AF5F6

split-complementary

#B16AF6 #F5F66A #6AF66B

monochromatic

#740DD9 #9330F3 #B16AF6 #CFA4F9 #EDDDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B16AF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#B16AF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16AF6

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16AF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16AF6	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#308AFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E8CF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A585A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16af6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.205 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc97fa',
    500: '#b16af6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16af6;
$custom-light: #cc97fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16af6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.429,
    "s": 88.608,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66372,
    "c": 0.20512,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16AF6

secondary

#DEF2C9

accent

#E50071

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FF

border

#D2CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16AF6

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

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