#B16CD1#B16CD1

#B16CD1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.161 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CD1
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 209)
HSL	hsl(281, 52%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 48.3%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, 44.77, -41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 60.99, 317.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.112 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.161 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0008, 24.6766, 63.2285)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CD1 #8CD16C

analogous

#7F6CD1 #B16CD1 #D16CBF

triadic

#B16CD1 #D1B16C #6CD1B1

tetradic

#B16CD1 #D17F6C #8CD16C #6CBFD1

square

#B16CD1 #D17F6C #8CD16C #6CBFD1

split-complementary

#B16CD1 #BFD16C #6CD17F

monochromatic

#742E94 #983DC2 #B16CD1 #CA9BE0 #E2C9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#B16CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#B16CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CD1

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CD1	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5684D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.161 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca98df',
    500: '#b16cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16cd1;
$custom-light: #ca98df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.99,
    "s": 52.332,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64575,
    "c": 0.16066,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CD1

secondary

#C6DFBA

accent

#C02657

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CD1

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

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