#B16BD4#B16BD4

#B16BD4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.166 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16BD4
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 212)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 50%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 49.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 45.94, -43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 63.06, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.1138 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.166 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2708, 24.6168, 65.1681)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16BD4 #8ED46B

analogous

#7C6BD4 #B16BD4 #D46BC3

triadic

#B16BD4 #D4B16B #6BD4B1

tetradic

#B16BD4 #D47C6B #8ED46B #6BC3D4

square

#B16BD4 #D47C6B #8ED46B #6BC3D4

split-complementary

#B16BD4 #C3D46B #6BD47C

monochromatic

#742C98 #983CC6 #B16BD4 #CA9AE2 #E3CAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#B16BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#B16BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16BD4

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16BD4	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5384D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688AD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.166 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca97e1',
    500: '#b16bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16bd4;
$custom-light: #ca97e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 54.974,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64579,
    "c": 0.16561,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16BD4

secondary

#C7E0BA

accent

#C22358

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16BD4

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

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