#B160E5#B160E5

#B160E5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.201 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B160E5
RGB	rgb(177, 96, 229)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 58.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 55.30, -54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 77.83, 315.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.1293 -0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.201 310)
XYZ	xyz(36.4545, 23.3707, 76.7041)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B160E5 #94E560

analogous

#6E60E5 #B160E5 #E560D7

triadic

#B160E5 #E5B160 #60E5B1

tetradic

#B160E5 #E56E60 #94E560 #60D7E5

square

#B160E5 #E56E60 #94E560 #60D7E5

split-complementary

#B160E5 #D7E560 #60E56E

monochromatic

#751CAE #972BDC #B160E5 #CB95EE #E5C9F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B160E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#B160E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B160E5

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B160E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B160E5	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3081E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b160e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 96, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.201 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91ee',
    500: '#b160e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b160e5;
$custom-light: #cc91ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b160e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.541,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63954,
    "c": 0.20107,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.2337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B160E5

secondary

#CBE8B9

accent

#D4125E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B160E5

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →