#B16CBF#B16CBF

#B16CBF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.141 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CBF
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 191)
HSL	hsl(290, 39%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 43.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 41.05, -32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 52.34, 321.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1091 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.141 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8969, 23.8350, 52.1479)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CBF #7ABF6C

analogous

#876CBF #B16CBF #BF6CA3

triadic

#B16CBF #BFB16C #6CBFB1

tetradic

#B16CBF #BF876C #7ABF6C #6CA3BF

square

#B16CBF #BF876C #7ABF6C #6CA3BF

split-complementary

#B16CBF #A3BF6C #6CBF87

monochromatic

#6F367B #9648A6 #B16CBF #C897D2 #DEC1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B16CBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#B16CBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CBF

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CBF	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6081C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2768C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16cbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.141 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca98d2',
    500: '#b16cbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16cbf;
$custom-light: #ca98d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16cbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.88,
    "s": 39.336,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63678,
    "c": 0.14108,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CBF

secondary

#B9D4B3

accent

#CF596D

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F9

border

#D2CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CBF

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

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