#B16BD3#B16BD3

#B16BD3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.165 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BD3
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 211)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 49.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 45.73, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 62.57, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.1137 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.165 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1451, 24.5665, 64.5058)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BD3 #8DD36B

analogous

#7D6BD3 #B16BD3 #D36BC1

triadic

#B16BD3 #D3B16B #6BD3B1

tetradic

#B16BD3 #D37D6B #8DD36B #6BC1D3

square

#B16BD3 #D37D6B #8DD36B #6BC1D3

split-complementary

#B16BD3 #C1D36B #6BD37D

monochromatic

#742D97 #983CC5 #B16BD3 #CA9AE1 #E3C9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#B16BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#B16BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BD3

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BD3	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5484D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.165 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97e1',
    500: '#b16bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bd3;
$custom-light: #ca97e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64526,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BD3

secondary

#C6E0BA

accent

#C22457

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BD3

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

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