#B16BB2#B16BB2

#B16BB2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.129 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BB2
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 178)
HSL	hsl(299, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(299, 40%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 39.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 39.04, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 47.02, 326.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1079 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.129 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4244, 23.0782, 44.9101)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BB2 #6CB26B

analogous

#8D6BB2 #B16BB2 #B26B8F

triadic

#B16BB2 #B2B16B #6BB2B1

tetradic

#B16BB2 #B28D6B #6CB26B #6B8FB2

square

#B16BB2 #B28D6B #6CB26B #6B8FB2

split-complementary

#B16BB2 #8FB26B #6BB28D

monochromatic

#6A386B #924D93 #B16BB2 #C693C7 #DBBCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B16BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#B16BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BB2

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BB2	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.129 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97c9',
    500: '#b16bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bb2;
$custom-light: #ca97c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.155,
    "s": 31.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62919,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BB2

secondary

#AECBAE

accent

#C86062

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BB2

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

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