#B16BE2#B16BE2

#B16BE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.181 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BE2
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 52.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 49.00, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 69.97, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% 0.1151 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.181 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1140, 25.3541, 74.8754)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BE2 #9CE26B

analogous

#756BE2 #B16BE2 #E26BD8

triadic

#B16BE2 #E2B16B #6BE2B1

tetradic

#B16BE2 #E2756B #9CE26B #6BD8E2

square

#B16BE2 #E2756B #9CE26B #6BD8E2

split-complementary

#B16BE2 #D8E26B #6BE275

monochromatic

#7623B0 #9638D8 #B16BE2 #CC9EEC #E7D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#B16BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#B16BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BE2

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BE2	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4987E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB809D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.181 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98eb',
    500: '#b16be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16be2;
$custom-light: #cb98eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 67.232,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65345,
    "c": 0.18123,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BE2

secondary

#D1E8C0

accent

#CF1662

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BE2

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

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