#B16BBD#B16BBD

#B16BBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.141 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BBD
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 189)
HSL	hsl(291, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 43.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 41.18, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 52.03, 322.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.1102 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.141 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5734, 23.5379, 50.9617)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BBD #77BD6B

analogous

#886BBD #B16BBD #BD6BA0

triadic

#B16BBD #BDB16B #6BBDB1

tetradic

#B16BBD #BD886B #77BD6B #6BA0BD

square

#B16BBD #BD886B #77BD6B #6BA0BD

split-complementary

#B16BBD #A0BD6B #6BBD88

monochromatic

#6E3678 #9548A2 #B16BBD #C795D0 #DEC0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B16BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#B16BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BBD

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BBD	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6080C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3758B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.141 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97d1',
    500: '#b16bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bbd;
$custom-light: #ca97d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.22,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63424,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BBD

secondary

#B6D2B2

accent

#CE5A6B

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BBD

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

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