#B16ABE#B16ABE

#B16ABE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.143 H 321.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16ABE
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 190)
HSL	hsl(291, 39%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 44%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 44.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, 41.92, -32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 53.12, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.1119 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.143 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5787, 23.3741, 51.5008)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16ABE #77BE6A

analogous

#876ABE #B16ABE #BE6AA1

triadic

#B16ABE #BEB16A #6ABEB1

tetradic

#B16ABE #BE876A #77BE6A #6AA1BE

square

#B16ABE #BE876A #77BE6A #6AA1BE

split-complementary

#B16ABE #A1BE6A #6ABE87

monochromatic

#6E3579 #9547A3 #B16ABE #C795D1 #DEBFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B16ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#B16ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16ABE

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16ABE	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E80C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3748B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.143 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca96d2',
    500: '#b16abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16abe;
$custom-light: #ca96d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.714,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63314,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16ABE

secondary

#B6D3B1

accent

#CF596B

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130D14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16ABE

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

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