#B16CD5#B16CD5

#B16CD5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.165 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CD5
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 49%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 49.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 45.62, -43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 62.94, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% 0.1125 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.165 313)
XYZ	xyz(35.5022, 24.8772, 65.8695)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CD5 #90D56C

analogous

#7C6CD5 #B16CD5 #D56CC4

triadic

#B16CD5 #D5B16C #6CD5B1

tetradic

#B16CD5 #D57C6C #90D56C #6CC4D5

square

#B16CD5 #D57C6C #90D56C #6CC4D5

split-complementary

#B16CD5 #C4D56C #6CD57C

monochromatic

#752C9A #983CC7 #B16CD5 #CA9CE3 #E4CBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B16CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#B16CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CD5

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CD5	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5485D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.165 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca98e2',
    500: '#b16cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16cd5;
$custom-light: #ca98e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64785,
    "c": 0.1651,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.24876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CD5

secondary

#C8E1BB

accent

#C3225A

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CD5

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

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