#B16BC2#B16BC2

#B16BC2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.146 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BC2
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 194)
HSL	hsl(288, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(288, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 44.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 42.19, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 54.38, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.1112 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.146 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.1255, 23.7587, 53.8694)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BC2 #7CC26B

analogous

#866BC2 #B16BC2 #C26BA8

triadic

#B16BC2 #C2B16B #6BC2B1

tetradic

#B16BC2 #C2866B #7CC26B #6BA8C2

square

#B16BC2 #C2866B #7CC26B #6BA8C2

split-complementary

#B16BC2 #A8C26B #6BC286

monochromatic

#70347E #9646AA #B16BC2 #C896D4 #DFC2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B16BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#B16BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BC2

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BC2	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E81C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7188BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2768D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.146 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97d4',
    500: '#b16bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bc2;
$custom-light: #ca97d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.276,
    "s": 41.627,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63664,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BC2

secondary

#BAD5B3

accent

#D1566E

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FA

border

#D2CCD3

text

#130E14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BC2

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

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