#B16BEC#B16BEC

#B16BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.192 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BEC
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 236)
HSL	hsl(273, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 54.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 51.24, -54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 74.94, 313.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.1157 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.192 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5264, 25.9190, 82.3139)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BEC #A6EC6B

analogous

#706BEC #B16BEC #EC6BE7

triadic

#B16BEC #ECB16B #6BECB1

tetradic

#B16BEC #EC706B #A6EC6B #6BE7EC

square

#B16BEC #EC706B #A6EC6B #6BE7EC

split-complementary

#B16BEC #E7EC6B #6BEC70

monochromatic

#7619C4 #9435E5 #B16BEC #CEA1F3 #EAD7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B16BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B16BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BEC

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BEC	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F89F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#588CE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A883A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.192 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98f3',
    500: '#b16bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bec;
$custom-light: #cb98f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.558,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65919,
    "c": 0.19245,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BEC

secondary

#D8EEC5

accent

#D90C6A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BEC

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

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