#B16BB5#B16BB5

#B16BB5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.132 H 325.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BB5
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 181)
HSL	hsl(297, 33%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(297, 41%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 40.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 39.62, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 48.36, 325.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.1086 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.132 325.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7289, 23.2000, 46.5138)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BB5 #6FB56B

analogous

#8C6BB5 #B16BB5 #B56B94

triadic

#B16BB5 #B5B16B #6BB5B1

tetradic

#B16BB5 #B58C6B #6FB56B #6B94B5

square

#B16BB5 #B58C6B #6FB56B #6B94B5

split-complementary

#B16BB5 #94B56B #6BB58C

monochromatic

#6B376E #934C97 #B16BB5 #C794C9 #DCBDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B16BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B16BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BB5

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BB5	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.132 325.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97cb',
    500: '#b16bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bb5;
$custom-light: #ca97cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.757,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63054,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 325.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BB5

secondary

#B0CDAF

accent

#C95E64

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BB5

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

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