#B169CB#B169CB

#B169CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.159 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B169CB
RGB	rgb(177, 105, 203)
HSL	hsl(284, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 48.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 45.10, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 59.91, 318.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.1154 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.159 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9609, 23.7631, 59.2861)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B169CB #83CB69

analogous

#8069CB #B169CB #CB69B4

triadic

#B169CB #CBB169 #69CBB1

tetradic

#B169CB #CB8069 #83CB69 #69B4CB

square

#B169CB #CB8069 #83CB69 #69B4CB

split-complementary

#B169CB #B4CB69 #69CB80

monochromatic

#72308A #9840B7 #B169CB #C996DB #E0C4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B169CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#B169CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B169CB

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B169CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B169CB	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5681CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B88C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b169cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 105, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.159 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca96db',
    500: '#b169cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b169cb;
$custom-light: #ca96db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b169cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.082,
    "s": 48.515,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B169CB

secondary

#BFDBB5

accent

#BC2A50

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B169CB

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

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