#B16EF6#B16EF6

#B16EF6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.199 H 304.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16EF6
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 246)
HSL	hsl(270, 88%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 55%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 55.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 51.97, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 78.17, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.1123 -0.1647)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.199 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3383, 27.1529, 90.2868)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16EF6 #B3F66E

analogous

#6E6FF6 #B16EF6 #F56EF6

triadic

#B16EF6 #F6B16E #6EF6B1

tetradic

#B16EF6 #F66E6F #B3F66E #6EF6F5

square

#B16EF6 #F66E6F #B3F66E #6EF6F5

split-complementary

#B16EF6 #F6F56E #6FF66E

monochromatic

#730EDC #9234F2 #B16EF6 #D0A8FA #EFE1FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B16EF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B16EF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16EF6

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16EF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16EF6	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A8DFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#538EF3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A588A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.199 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9afa',
    500: '#b16ef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ef6;
$custom-light: #cc9afa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.559,
    "s": 88.312,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66949,
    "c": 0.1993,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16EF6

secondary

#E0F3CD

accent

#E50174

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FF

border

#D2CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16EF6

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

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