#B16EC8#B16EC8

#B16EC8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.147 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16EC8
RGB	rgb(177, 110, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(285, 45%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 45%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, 41.80, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 55.37, 319.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.1078 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.147 317)
XYZ	xyz(34.1312, 24.6701, 57.5963)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16EC8 #85C86E

analogous

#846EC8 #B16EC8 #C86EB2

triadic

#B16EC8 #C8B16E #6EC8B1

tetradic

#B16EC8 #C8846E #85C86E #6EB2C8

square

#B16EC8 #C8846E #85C86E #6EB2C8

split-complementary

#B16EC8 #B2C86E #6EC884

monochromatic

#723488 #9844B4 #B16EC8 #C99AD9 #E1C7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#B16EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#B16EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16EC8

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16EC8	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E84CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 110, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.147 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca99d9',
    500: '#b16ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16ec8;
$custom-light: #ca99d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64431,
    "c": 0.14737,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.24669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16EC8

secondary

#C1DAB8

accent

#B82D51

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FA

border

#D2CCD3

text

#130E14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16EC8

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

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