#B16BD2#B16BD2

#B16BD2 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.163 H 314.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BD2
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 210)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 49%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 45.51, -42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 62.09, 317.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.1135 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.163 314)
XYZ	xyz(35.0201, 24.5165, 63.8476)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BD2 #8CD26B

analogous

#7E6BD2 #B16BD2 #D26BBF

triadic

#B16BD2 #D2B16B #6BD2B1

tetradic

#B16BD2 #D27E6B #8CD26B #6BBFD2

square

#B16BD2 #D27E6B #8CD26B #6BBFD2

split-complementary

#B16BD2 #BFD26B #6BD27E

monochromatic

#742D95 #983CC4 #B16BD2 #CA9AE0 #E2C9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#B16BD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#B16BD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BD2

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BD2	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5484D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698ACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.163 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97e0',
    500: '#b16bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bd2;
$custom-light: #ca97e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.777,
    "s": 53.368,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64474,
    "c": 0.1634,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.24516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BD2

secondary

#C6DFB9

accent

#C12557

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BD2

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

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