#B16BDD#B16BDD

#B16BDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.176 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BDD
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 51.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 47.89, -47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 67.49, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.1147 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.176 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4379, 25.0837, 71.3147)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BDD #97DD6B

analogous

#786BDD #B16BDD #DD6BD0

triadic

#B16BDD #DDB16B #6BDDB1

tetradic

#B16BDD #DD786B #97DD6B #6BD0DD

square

#B16BDD #DD786B #97DD6B #6BD0DD

split-complementary

#B16BDD #D0DD6B #6BDD78

monochromatic

#7526A7 #9739D2 #B16BDD #CB9DE8 #E5CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B16BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#B16BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BDD

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BDD	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D86E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.176 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb97e8',
    500: '#b16bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bdd;
$custom-light: #cb97e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.842,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65066,
    "c": 0.17563,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BDD

secondary

#CDE6BE

accent

#CA1B5F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BDD

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

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