#B16BCD#B16BCD

#B16BCD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.158 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BCD
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 205)
HSL	hsl(283, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(283, 48%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 47.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 44.46, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 59.65, 318.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.1129 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.158 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4069, 24.2713, 60.6181)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BCD #87CD6B

analogous

#806BCD #B16BCD #CD6BB8

triadic

#B16BCD #CDB16B #6BCDB1

tetradic

#B16BCD #CD806B #87CD6B #6BB8CD

square

#B16BCD #CD806B #87CD6B #6BB8CD

split-complementary

#B16BCD #B8CD6B #6BCD80

monochromatic

#73308E #983FBB #B16BCD #C999DC #E1C6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B16BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B16BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BCD

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BCD	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5883D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C89CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.158 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97dc',
    500: '#b16bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bcd;
$custom-light: #ca97dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 49.495,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64214,
    "c": 0.15791,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BCD

secondary

#C2DCB8

accent

#BD2953

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BCD

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

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