#B16EBD#B16EBD

#B16EBD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.135 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16EBD
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 189)
HSL	hsl(291, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 41.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 39.56, -30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 50.14, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.1058 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.135 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8916, 24.1743, 51.0677)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16EBD #7ABD6E

analogous

#896EBD #B16EBD #BD6EA1

triadic

#B16EBD #BDB16E #6EBDB1

tetradic

#B16EBD #BD896E #7ABD6E #6EA1BD

square

#B16EBD #BD896E #7ABD6E #6EA1BD

split-complementary

#B16EBD #A1BD6E #6EBD89

monochromatic

#6F3779 #964AA3 #B16EBD #C898D0 #DEC2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B16EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B16EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16EBD

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16EBD	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)

#6482C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7689BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3778D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.135 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca99d1',
    500: '#b16ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ebd;
$custom-light: #ca99d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.886,
    "s": 37.441,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63903,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16EBD

secondary

#B9D3B4

accent

#CD5A6C

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16EBD

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

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