#B16ABA#B16ABA

#B16ABA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.139 H 322.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16ABA
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 186)
HSL	hsl(293, 37%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(293, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 43%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 41.13, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 51.27, 323.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.1111 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.139 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1475, 23.2016, 49.2298)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16ABA #73BA6A

analogous

#896ABA #B16ABA #BA6A9B

triadic

#B16ABA #BAB16A #6ABAB1

tetradic

#B16ABA #BA896A #73BA6A #6A9BBA

square

#B16ABA #BA896A #73BA6A #6A9BBA

split-complementary

#B16ABA #9BBA6A #6ABA89

monochromatic

#6D3674 #94499E #B16ABA #C794CD #DDBEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B16ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B16ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16ABA

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16ABA	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7487B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.139 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca96cf',
    500: '#b16aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16aba;
$custom-light: #ca96cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.25,
    "s": 36.697,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63125,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16ABA

secondary

#B3D0B0

accent

#CD5B68

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130D13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16ABA

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

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