#B16BE8#B16BE8

#B16BE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.188 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BE8
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 53.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 50.34, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 72.95, 313.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.1155 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.188 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9517, 25.6892, 79.2875)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BE8 #A2E86B

analogous

#736BE8 #B16BE8 #E86BE1

triadic

#B16BE8 #E8B16B #6BE8B1

tetradic

#B16BE8 #E8736B #A2E86B #6BE1E8

square

#B16BE8 #E8736B #A2E86B #6BE1E8

split-complementary

#B16BE8 #E1E86B #6BE873

monochromatic

#761DBB #9536E0 #B16BE8 #CDA0F0 #E9D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B16BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B16BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BE8

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BE8	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4388EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9829F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.188 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98f0',
    500: '#b16be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16be8;
$custom-light: #cb98f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 73.099,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65686,
    "c": 0.18795,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BE8

secondary

#D5ECC3

accent

#D51067

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BE8

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

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