#B16BB4#B16BB4

#B16BB4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.131 H 325.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BB4
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 180)
HSL	hsl(298, 33%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(298, 41%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 40.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 39.43, -27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 47.91, 325.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% 0.1084 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.131 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6267, 23.1592, 45.9754)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BB4 #6EB46B

analogous

#8D6BB4 #B16BB4 #B46B93

triadic

#B16BB4 #B4B16B #6BB4B1

tetradic

#B16BB4 #B48D6B #6EB46B #6B93B4

square

#B16BB4 #B48D6B #6EB46B #6B93B4

split-complementary

#B16BB4 #93B46B #6BB48D

monochromatic

#6B376D #934C96 #B16BB4 #C694C9 #DCBCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B16BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B16BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BB4

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BB4	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647FB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.131 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97ca',
    500: '#b16bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bb4;
$custom-light: #ca97ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.534,
    "s": 32.735,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63008,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BB4

secondary

#B0CCAE

accent

#C95F63

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BB4

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

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