#B16CD8#B16CD8

#B16CD8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.168 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CD8
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 216)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 50%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 46.27, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 64.42, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.1129 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.168 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8865, 25.0309, 67.8934)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CD8 #93D86C

analogous

#7B6CD8 #B16CD8 #D86CC9

triadic

#B16CD8 #D8B16C #6CD8B1

tetradic

#B16CD8 #D87B6C #93D86C #6CC9D8

square

#B16CD8 #D87B6C #93D86C #6CC9D8

split-complementary

#B16CD8 #C9D86C #6CD87B

monochromatic

#752A9F #973CCB #B16CD8 #CB9CE5 #E4CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#B16CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#B16CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CD8

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CD8	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5285DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.168 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca98e4',
    500: '#b16cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16cd8;
$custom-light: #ca98e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64945,
    "c": 0.16845,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CD8

secondary

#CBE3BD

accent

#C6205C

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E15

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CD8

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

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