#B160E2#B160E2

#B160E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.198 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B160E2
RGB	rgb(177, 96, 226)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 57.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 54.64, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 76.37, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.1292 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.198 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0392, 23.2046, 74.5172)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B160E2 #91E260

analogous

#7060E2 #B160E2 #E260D2

triadic

#B160E2 #E2B160 #60E2B1

tetradic

#B160E2 #E27060 #91E260 #60D2E2

square

#B160E2 #E27060 #91E260 #60D2E2

split-complementary

#B160E2 #D2E260 #60E270

monochromatic

#751FA9 #982CD9 #B160E2 #CA94EB #E4C8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B160E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B160E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B160E2

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B160E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B160E2	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3481E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5486DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b160e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 96, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.198 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91ec',
    500: '#b160e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b160e2;
$custom-light: #cb91ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b160e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.385,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63776,
    "c": 0.19788,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B160E2

secondary

#C9E6B8

accent

#D1145C

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B160E2

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

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