#B16CE8#B16CE8

#B16CE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.186 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CE8
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 232)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 53.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 49.81, -52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 72.35, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.83% 0.1142 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(65.83% 0.186 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0566, 25.8989, 79.3224)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CE8 #A3E86C

analogous

#736CE8 #B16CE8 #E86CE1

triadic

#B16CE8 #E8B16C #6CE8B1

tetradic

#B16CE8 #E8736C #A3E86C #6CE1E8

square

#B16CE8 #E8736C #A3E86C #6CE1E8

split-complementary

#B16CE8 #E1E86C #6CE873

monochromatic

#761DBC #9537E0 #B16CE8 #CDA1F0 #E9D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B16CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B16CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CE8

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CE8	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4589EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A982A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.186 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98f0',
    500: '#b16ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ce8;
$custom-light: #cb98f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.387,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65834,
    "c": 0.18643,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CE8

secondary

#D6ECC4

accent

#D51068

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CE8

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

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