#B16AFA#B16AFA

#B16AFA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.210 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16AFA
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 250)
HSL	hsl(270, 94%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.2%, 57.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 54.97, -61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 82.48, 311.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.1172 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.21 304)
XYZ	xyz(40.5370, 26.5574, 93.4145)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16AFA #B3FA6A

analogous

#6A6BFA #B16AFA #F96AFA

triadic

#B16AFA #FAB16A #6AFAB1

tetradic

#B16AFA #FA6A6B #B3FA6A #6AFAF9

square

#B16AFA #FA6A6B #B3FA6A #6AFAF9

split-complementary

#B16AFA #FAF96A #6BFA6A

monochromatic

#7308E2 #922FF8 #B16AFA #D0A5FC #EFE0FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B16AFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#B16AFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16AFA

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16AFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16AFA	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A8BFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A8DF7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A487A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16afa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.210 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc97fd',
    500: '#b16afa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16afa;
$custom-light: #cc97fd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16afa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.583,
    "s": 93.506,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66617,
    "c": 0.20958,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.26557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16AFA

secondary

#E0F4CC

accent

#E60074

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FF

border

#D2CCD7

text

#140E18

muted

#827E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16AFA

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

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