#B16DBD#B16DBD

#B16DBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.137 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16DBD
RGB	rgb(177, 109, 189)
HSL	hsl(291, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 42.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 40.11, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 50.77, 322.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1073 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.137 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7843, 23.9597, 51.0320)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16DBD #79BD6D

analogous

#896DBD #B16DBD #BD6DA1

triadic

#B16DBD #BDB16D #6DBDB1

tetradic

#B16DBD #BD896D #79BD6D #6DA1BD

square

#B16DBD #BD896D #79BD6D #6DA1BD

split-complementary

#B16DBD #A1BD6D #6DBD89

monochromatic

#6F3779 #964AA3 #B16DBD #C897D0 #DEC1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B16DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#B16DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16DBD

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16DBD	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6381C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3778C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 109, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.137 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca98d1',
    500: '#b16dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16dbd;
$custom-light: #ca98d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63743,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16DBD

secondary

#B8D3B3

accent

#CE5A6B

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16DBD

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

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