#B16EAA#B16EAA

#B16EAA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.116 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16EAA
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 170)
HSL	hsl(306, 30%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(306, 38%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 35.91, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 41.63, 329.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.1014 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.116 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9627, 23.4027, 40.9087)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16EAA #6EB175

analogous

#976EB1 #B16EAA #B16E89

triadic

#B16EAA #AAB16E #6EAAB1

tetradic

#B16EAA #B1976E #6EB175 #6E89B1

square

#B16EAA #B1976E #6EB175 #6E89B1

split-complementary

#B16EAA #89B16E #6EB197

monochromatic

#6B3A66 #934F8C #B16EAA #C696C1 #DCBED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B16EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B16EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16EAA

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16EAA	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7FAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.116 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c999c3',
    500: '#b16eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16eaa;
$custom-light: #c999c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.269,
    "s": 30.045,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63063,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16EAA

secondary

#B0CBB2

accent

#C66C62

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16EAA

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

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