#B16DC1#B16DC1

#B16DC1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.141 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16DC1
RGB	rgb(177, 109, 193)
HSL	hsl(289, 40%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(289, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 43.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 40.91, -33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 52.65, 320.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.1081 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.141 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2245, 24.1358, 53.3503)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16DC1 #7DC16D

analogous

#876DC1 #B16DC1 #C16DA7

triadic

#B16DC1 #C1B16D #6DC1B1

tetradic

#B16DC1 #C1876D #7DC16D #6DA7C1

square

#B16DC1 #C1876D #7DC16D #6DA7C1

split-complementary

#B16DC1 #A7C16D #6DC187

monochromatic

#70367E #9748A9 #B16DC1 #C898D3 #DFC3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B16DC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B16DC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16DC1

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16DC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16DC1	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6182C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7389BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2788E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16dc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 109, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.141 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca98d4',
    500: '#b16dc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16dc1;
$custom-light: #ca98d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16dc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 40.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63932,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16DC1

secondary

#BBD5B4

accent

#D0586F

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130E14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16DC1

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

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