#B16CD9#B16CD9

#B16CD9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.170 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CD9
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 217)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 50.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 46.49, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 64.91, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.113 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.17 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0162, 25.0827, 68.5763)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CD9 #94D96C

analogous

#7A6CD9 #B16CD9 #D96CCA

triadic

#B16CD9 #D9B16C #6CD9B1

tetradic

#B16CD9 #D97A6C #94D96C #6CCAD9

square

#B16CD9 #D97A6C #94D96C #6CCAD9

split-complementary

#B16CD9 #CAD96C #6CD97A

monochromatic

#752AA1 #973BCC #B16CD9 #CB9DE6 #E5CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B16CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#B16CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CD9

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CD9	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5186DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#668BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.170 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca98e5',
    500: '#b16cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16cd9;
$custom-light: #ca98e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.982,
    "s": 58.919,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64999,
    "c": 0.16957,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CD9

secondary

#CBE4BD

accent

#C71F5C

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CD9

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

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