#B16CD6#B16CD6

#B16CD6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.166 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CD6
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 214)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, 45.84, -43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 63.44, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.1126 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.166 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6295, 24.9281, 66.5400)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CD6 #91D66C

analogous

#7C6CD6 #B16CD6 #D66CC6

triadic

#B16CD6 #D6B16C #6CD6B1

tetradic

#B16CD6 #D67C6C #91D66C #6CC6D6

square

#B16CD6 #D67C6C #91D66C #6CC6D6

split-complementary

#B16CD6 #C6D66C #6CD67C

monochromatic

#752C9C #983CC9 #B16CD6 #CA9CE3 #E4CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B16CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#B16CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CD6

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CD6	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5385DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.166 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca98e3',
    500: '#b16cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16cd6;
$custom-light: #ca98e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.057,
    "s": 56.383,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64838,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CD6

secondary

#C9E2BC

accent

#C4225A

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CD6

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

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