#B16EA7#B16EA7

#B16EA7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.114 H 332.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16EA7
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 167)
HSL	hsl(309, 30%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 38%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 5.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 35.36, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 40.39, 331.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.1006 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.114 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6821, 23.2905, 39.4311)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16EA7 #6EB178

analogous

#9A6EB1 #B16EA7 #B16E86

triadic

#B16EA7 #A7B16E #6EA7B1

tetradic

#B16EA7 #B19A6E #6EB178 #6E86B1

square

#B16EA7 #B19A6E #6EB178 #6E86B1

split-complementary

#B16EA7 #86B16E #6EB19A

monochromatic

#6B3A64 #934F89 #B16EA7 #C696BF #DCBED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B16EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B16EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16EA7

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16EA7	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.114 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c999c1',
    500: '#b16ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ea7;
$custom-light: #c999c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.955,
    "s": 30.045,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62939,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16EA7

secondary

#B0CBB4

accent

#C67162

background

#FCF9FB

surface

#F8F2F7

border

#D1CCD0

text

#130E12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16EA7

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

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