#B16BEE#B16BEE

#B16BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.195 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BEE
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 79%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(272, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 55%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, 51.70, -55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 75.93, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% 0.1158 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.195 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8186, 26.0359, 83.8528)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BEE #A8EE6B

analogous

#6F6BEE #B16BEE #EE6BEA

triadic

#B16BEE #EEB16B #6BEEB1

tetradic

#B16BEE #EE6F6B #A8EE6B #6BEAEE

square

#B16BEE #EE6F6B #A8EE6B #6BEAEE

split-complementary

#B16BEE #EAEE6B #6BEE6F

monochromatic

#7517C8 #9434E8 #B16BEE #CEA2F4 #EBD9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B16BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B16BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BEE

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BEE	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D89F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#568CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A783A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.195 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98f4',
    500: '#b16bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bee;
$custom-light: #cb98f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.061,
    "s": 79.394,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66036,
    "c": 0.19469,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BEE

secondary

#D9EFC6

accent

#DC0A6C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BEE

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

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