#B16CD4#B16CD4

#B16CD4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.164 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CD4
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 212)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 49.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 45.41, -42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 62.45, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% 0.1124 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.164 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3757, 24.8265, 65.2031)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CD4 #8FD46C

analogous

#7D6CD4 #B16CD4 #D46CC3

triadic

#B16CD4 #D4B16C #6CD4B1

tetradic

#B16CD4 #D47D6C #8FD46C #6CC3D4

square

#B16CD4 #D47D6C #8FD46C #6CC3D4

split-complementary

#B16CD4 #C3D46C #6CD47D

monochromatic

#742D99 #983DC6 #B16CD4 #CA9BE2 #E3CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#B16CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#B16CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CD4

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CD4	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5585D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.164 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca98e1',
    500: '#b16cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16cd4;
$custom-light: #ca98e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.808,
    "s": 54.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64732,
    "c": 0.16399,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CD4

secondary

#C8E1BB

accent

#C22359

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CD4

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

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