#B16CDD#B16CDD

#B16CDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.174 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CDD
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 51.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 47.36, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 66.89, 315.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.1134 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.174 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5428, 25.2934, 71.3497)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CDD #98DD6C

analogous

#796CDD #B16CDD #DD6CD1

triadic

#B16CDD #DDB16C #6CDDB1

tetradic

#B16CDD #DD796C #98DD6C #6CD1DD

square

#B16CDD #DD796C #98DD6C #6CD1DD

split-complementary

#B16CDD #D1DD6C #6CDD79

monochromatic

#7627A8 #973AD2 #B16CDD #CB9EE8 #E6CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#B16CDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#B16CDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CDD

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CDD	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E86E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#638BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.174 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98e8',
    500: '#b16cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16cdd;
$custom-light: #cb98e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.637,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65216,
    "c": 0.17405,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CDD

secondary

#CEE6BF

accent

#CA1B5F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CDD

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

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