#B16EE4#B16EE4

#B16EE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.179 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16EE4
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 228)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 52%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 51.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, 47.86, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 69.17, 313.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% 0.1113 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.179 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7082, 26.1009, 76.4353)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16EE4 #A1E46E

analogous

#766EE4 #B16EE4 #E46EDC

triadic

#B16EE4 #E4B16E #6EE4B1

tetradic

#B16EE4 #E4766E #A1E46E #6EDCE4

square

#B16EE4 #E4766E #A1E46E #6EDCE4

split-complementary

#B16EE4 #DCE46E #6EE476

monochromatic

#7622B6 #953ADA #B16EE4 #CDA2EE #E9D5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B16EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#B16EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16EE4

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16EE4	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C89E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.179 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9aed',
    500: '#b16ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ee4;
$custom-light: #cb9aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.068,
    "s": 68.605,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65906,
    "c": 0.17881,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16EE4

secondary

#D4EAC4

accent

#D11566

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16EE4

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

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