#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
RGB	rgb(177, 106, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 47%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 43.95, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 57.86, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.1136 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.154 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7093, 23.8264, 57.4556)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##B16AC8	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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