#B16BB7#B16BB7

#B16BB7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.134 H 324.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BB7
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 183)
HSL	hsl(295, 35%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(295, 42%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 41.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 40.01, -28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 49.27, 324.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.109 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.134 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9356, 23.2827, 47.6024)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BB7 #71B76B

analogous

#8B6BB7 #B16BB7 #B76B97

triadic

#B16BB7 #B7B16B #6BB7B1

tetradic

#B16BB7 #B78B6B #71B76B #6B97B7

square

#B16BB7 #B78B6B #71B76B #6B97B7

split-complementary

#B16BB7 #97B76B #6BB78B

monochromatic

#6C3771 #944B9A #B16BB7 #C794CB #DCBDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B16BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B16BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BB7

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BB7	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.134 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97cd',
    500: '#b16bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bb7;
$custom-light: #ca97cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.263,
    "s": 34.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63145,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BB7

secondary

#B2CEAF

accent

#CB5D66

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BB7

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

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