#B16BF6#B16BF6

#B16BF6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.204 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BF6
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 246)
HSL	hsl(270, 89%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 57%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 56.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, 53.53, -59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 79.91, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.116 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.204 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0201, 26.5165, 90.1808)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BF6 #B0F66B

analogous

#6C6BF6 #B16BF6 #F66BF5

triadic

#B16BF6 #F6B16B #6BF6B1

tetradic

#B16BF6 #F66C6B #B0F66B #6BF5F6

square

#B16BF6 #F66C6B #B0F66B #6BF5F6

split-complementary

#B16BF6 #F5F66B #6BF66C

monochromatic

#740DD9 #9331F2 #B16BF6 #CFA5FA #EEDEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B16BF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B16BF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BF6

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BF6	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#338BFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F8DF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A586A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bf6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.204 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc98fa',
    500: '#b16bf6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bf6;
$custom-light: #cc98fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bf6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.216,
    "s": 88.535,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66514,
    "c": 0.20367,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BF6

secondary

#DEF3CA

accent

#E50072

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FF

border

#D2CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BF6

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

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