#B16DDD#B16DDD

#B16DDD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.172 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16DDD
RGB	rgb(177, 109, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 50.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 46.83, -46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 66.29, 314.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.112 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.172 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6488, 25.5055, 71.3850)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16DDD #99DD6D

analogous

#796DDD #B16DDD #DD6DD1

triadic

#B16DDD #DDB16D #6DDDB1

tetradic

#B16DDD #DD796D #99DD6D #6DD1DD

square

#B16DDD #DD796D #99DD6D #6DD1DD

split-complementary

#B16DDD #D1DD6D #6DDD79

monochromatic

#7627A8 #963BD1 #B16DDD #CC9FE9 #E6D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B16DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#B16DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16DDD

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16DDD	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5087E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC809B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 109, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.172 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb99e8',
    500: '#b16ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ddd;
$custom-light: #cb99e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65368,
    "c": 0.17246,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16DDD

secondary

#CFE6C0

accent

#CA1C60

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16DDD

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

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