#B16BE4#B16BE4

#B16BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.183 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BE4
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 228)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 53.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 49.44, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 70.96, 314.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% 0.1152 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.183 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3900, 25.4645, 76.3292)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BE4 #9EE46B

analogous

#746BE4 #B16BE4 #E46BDA

triadic

#B16BE4 #E4B16B #6BE4B1

tetradic

#B16BE4 #E4746B #9EE46B #6BDAE4

square

#B16BE4 #E4746B #9EE46B #6BDAE4

split-complementary

#B16BE4 #DAE46B #6BE474

monochromatic

#7621B4 #9637DB #B16BE4 #CC9FED #E8D3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B16BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#B16BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BE4

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BE4	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4787E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E8BE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA809D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.183 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98ed',
    500: '#b16be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16be4;
$custom-light: #cb98ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.711,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65458,
    "c": 0.18347,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BE4

secondary

#D2EAC1

accent

#D11464

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BE4

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

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