#B16CE9#B16CE9

#B16CE9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.188 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CE9
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 233)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 53.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 50.04, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 72.85, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.1142 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.188 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1990, 25.9559, 80.0726)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CE9 #A4E96C

analogous

#736CE9 #B16CE9 #E96CE2

triadic

#B16CE9 #E9B16C #6CE9B1

tetradic

#B16CE9 #E9736C #A4E96C #6CE2E9

square

#B16CE9 #E9736C #A4E96C #6CE2E9

split-complementary

#B16CE9 #E2E96C #6CE973

monochromatic

#761CBE #9537E1 #B16CE9 #CDA1F1 #E9D6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B16CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#B16CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CE9

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CE9	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4489ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B8CE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A983A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.188 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb98f0',
    500: '#b16ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ce9;
$custom-light: #cb98f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.12,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65891,
    "c": 0.18756,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CE9

secondary

#D6ECC4

accent

#D60F68

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CE9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →