#B16BC8#B16BC8

#B16BC8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.152 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BC8
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(285, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 46.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 43.42, -37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 57.24, 319.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% 0.1121 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.152 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8130, 24.0337, 57.4902)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BC8 #82C86B

analogous

#826BC8 #B16BC8 #C86BB1

triadic

#B16BC8 #C8B16B #6BC8B1

tetradic

#B16BC8 #C8826B #82C86B #6BB1C8

square

#B16BC8 #C8826B #82C86B #6BB1C8

split-complementary

#B16BC8 #B1C86B #6BC882

monochromatic

#723287 #9743B3 #B16BC8 #C998D9 #E0C4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B16BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#B16BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BC8

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BC8	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A82CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E89C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.152 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97d9',
    500: '#b16bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bc8;
$custom-light: #ca97d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.161,
    "s": 45.813,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6396,
    "c": 0.15245,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BC8

secondary

#BED9B6

accent

#B92C4F

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FA

border

#D2CCD3

text

#130E14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BC8

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

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