#B16CD7#B16CD7

#B16CD7 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.167 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CD7
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 215)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 50%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.7%, 49.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 46.06, -44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 63.93, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.1127 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.167 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7576, 24.9793, 67.2146)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CD7 #92D76C

analogous

#7B6CD7 #B16CD7 #D76CC7

triadic

#B16CD7 #D7B16C #6CD7B1

tetradic

#B16CD7 #D77B6C #92D76C #6CC7D7

square

#B16CD7 #D77B6C #92D76C #6CC7D7

split-complementary

#B16CD7 #C7D76C #6CD77B

monochromatic

#752B9E #973CCA #B16CD7 #CB9CE4 #E4CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#B16CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#B16CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CD7

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CD7	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5385DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#678BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.167 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca98e4',
    500: '#b16cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16cd7;
$custom-light: #ca98e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.692,
    "s": 57.219,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64891,
    "c": 0.16733,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CD7

secondary

#CAE2BC

accent

#C5215B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E15

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CD7

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

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