#B16FA7#B16FA7

#B16FA7 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.112 H 332.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16FA7
RGB	rgb(177, 111, 167)
HSL	hsl(309, 30%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(309, 37%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 5.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 34.81, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 39.74, 331.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.099 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.112 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7906, 23.5075, 39.4673)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16FA7 #6FB179

analogous

#9A6FB1 #B16FA7 #B16F86

triadic

#B16FA7 #A7B16F #6FA7B1

tetradic

#B16FA7 #B19A6F #6FB179 #6F86B1

square

#B16FA7 #B19A6F #6FB179 #6F86B1

split-complementary

#B16FA7 #86B16F #6FB19A

monochromatic

#6B3A64 #935089 #B16FA7 #C797BF #DCBED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B16FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#B16FA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16FA7

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16FA7	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)

#6E7FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 111, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.112 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c999c1',
    500: '#b16fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16fa7;
$custom-light: #c999c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.091,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63106,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16FA7

secondary

#B0CBB4

accent

#C67162

background

#FCF9FB

surface

#F8F2F7

border

#D1CCD0

text

#130E12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16FA7

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

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