#B16EDE#B16EDE

#B16EDE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.172 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16EDE
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 46.52, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 66.18, 314.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.1108 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.172 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8898, 25.7735, 72.1245)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16EDE #9BDE6E

analogous

#796EDE #B16EDE #DE6ED3

triadic

#B16EDE #DEB16E #6EDEB1

tetradic

#B16EDE #DE796E #9BDE6E #6ED3DE

square

#B16EDE #DE796E #9BDE6E #6ED3DE

split-complementary

#B16EDE #D3DE6E #6EDE79

monochromatic

#7627AB #963CD3 #B16EDE #CCA0E9 #E7D2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B16EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B16EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16EDE

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16EDE	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5188E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658CDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB819C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.172 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb99e9',
    500: '#b16ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ede;
$custom-light: #cb99e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.893,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65575,
    "c": 0.17201,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16EDE

secondary

#D0E7C1

accent

#CB1B61

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16EDE

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

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