#B16AC8#B16AC8

#B16AC8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.154 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B16AC8
RGBrgb(177, 106, 200)
HSLhsl(285, 46%, 60%)
HSVhsv(285, 47%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(11.5%, 47%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(55.91, 43.95, -37.63)
CIE-LCHlch(55.91, 57.86, 319.43°)
OKLaboklab(63.81% 0.1136 -0.1042)
OKLCHoklch(63.81% 0.154 317.5)
XYZxyz(33.7093, 23.8264, 57.4556)
Luminance0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B16AC8 #81C86A
analogous
#826AC8 #B16AC8 #C86AB0
triadic
#B16AC8 #C8B16A #6AC8B1
tetradic
#B16AC8 #C8826A #81C86A #6AB0C8
square
#B16AC8 #C8826A #81C86A #6AB0C8
split-complementary
#B16AC8 #B0C86A #6AC882
monochromatic
#713286 #9742B3 #B16AC8 #C897D8 #E0C3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64
#B16AC8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77
#B16AC8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16AC8
5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B16AC8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B16AC81.003.645.775.77
#FFFFFF3.641.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7721.001.001.00
##0000005.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5981CB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D88C5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B17790
Achromatopsia (no color)
#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b16ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 106, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.154 317.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97d9',
    500: '#b16ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b16ac8;
$custom-light: #ca97d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b16ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.319,
    "s": 46.078,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63806,
    "c": 0.15413,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B16AC8
secondary
#BED9B5
accent
#D65272
background
#FCF9FD
surface
#F9F2FA
border
#D2CCD3
text
#130E14
muted
#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16AC8

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#B16AC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva