#B16EAD#B16EAD

#B16EAD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.119 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16EAD
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 173)
HSL	hsl(304, 30%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(304, 38%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.9%, 2.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 36.47, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 42.91, 328.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% 0.1021 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.119 329)
XYZ	xyz(31.2497, 23.5175, 42.4203)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16EAD #6EB172

analogous

#946EB1 #B16EAD #B16E8C

triadic

#B16EAD #ADB16E #6EADB1

tetradic

#B16EAD #B1946E #6EB172 #6E8CB1

square

#B16EAD #B1946E #6EB172 #6E8CB1

split-complementary

#B16EAD #8CB16E #6EB194

monochromatic

#6B3A68 #934F8F #B16EAD #C696C4 #DCBEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B16EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#B16EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16EAD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16EAD	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A80AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.119 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c999c5',
    500: '#b16ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ead;
$custom-light: #c999c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.582,
    "s": 30.045,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6319,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.23516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16EAD

secondary

#B0CBB1

accent

#C66862

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16EAD

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

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