#B16EE2#B16EE2

#B16EE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.177 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16EE2
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 51%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 51.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 47.41, -48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 68.17, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.1111 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.177 309)
XYZ	xyz(37.4322, 25.9905, 74.9815)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16EE2 #9FE26E

analogous

#776EE2 #B16EE2 #E26ED9

triadic

#B16EE2 #E2B16E #6EE2B1

tetradic

#B16EE2 #E2776E #9FE26E #6ED9E2

square

#B16EE2 #E2776E #9FE26E #6ED9E2

split-complementary

#B16EE2 #D9E26E #6EE277

monochromatic

#7624B2 #963BD8 #B16EE2 #CCA1EC #E8D4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B16EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#B16EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16EE2

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16EE2	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E89E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#628CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA829E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.177 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9aeb',
    500: '#b16ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ee2;
$custom-light: #cb9aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.655,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65795,
    "c": 0.17655,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.2599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16EE2

secondary

#D3E9C3

accent

#CF1765

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16EE2

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

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