#B16CD3#B16CD3

#B16CD3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.163 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16CD3
RGB	rgb(177, 108, 211)
HSL	hsl(280, 54%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(280, 49%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 48.8%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 45.20, -42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 61.96, 316.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.1123 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.163 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2499, 24.7762, 64.5408)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16CD3 #8ED36C

analogous

#7D6CD3 #B16CD3 #D36CC2

triadic

#B16CD3 #D3B16C #6CD3B1

tetradic

#B16CD3 #D37D6C #8ED36C #6CC2D3

square

#B16CD3 #D37D6C #8ED36C #6CC2D3

split-complementary

#B16CD3 #C2D36C #6CD37D

monochromatic

#742D97 #983DC5 #B16CD3 #CA9BE1 #E3CAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#B16CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#B16CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16CD3

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16CD3	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5585D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 108, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.163 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca98e1',
    500: '#b16cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16cd3;
$custom-light: #ca98e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.194,
    "s": 53.927,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64679,
    "c": 0.16288,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16CD3

secondary

#C7E0BB

accent

#C12458

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16CD3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →