#B16CE6#B16CE6

#B16CE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.184 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CE6
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 53%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 49.36, -51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 71.36, 313.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.1141 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.184 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7741, 25.7859, 77.8348)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CE6 #A1E66C

analogous

#746CE6 #B16CE6 #E66CDE

triadic

#B16CE6 #E6B16C #6CE6B1

tetradic

#B16CE6 #E6746C #A1E66C #6CDEE6

square

#B16CE6 #E6746C #A1E66C #6CDEE6

split-complementary

#B16CE6 #DEE66C #6CE674

monochromatic

#761FB8 #9538DD #B16CE6 #CDA0EF #E9D5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B16CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#B16CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CE6

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CE6	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4788EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D8CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9829F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.184 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98ee',
    500: '#b16ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ce6;
$custom-light: #cb98ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.934,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6572,
    "c": 0.18418,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CE6

secondary

#D4EBC3

accent

#D31366

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CE6

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

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