#B160E6#B160E6

#B160E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.202 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B160E6
RGB	rgb(177, 96, 230)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 58.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 55.51, -55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 78.31, 315.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.1293 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.202 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5945, 23.4267, 77.4416)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B160E6 #95E660

analogous

#6E60E6 #B160E6 #E660D8

triadic

#B160E6 #E6B160 #60E6B1

tetradic

#B160E6 #E66E60 #95E660 #60D8E6

square

#B160E6 #E66E60 #95E660 #60D8E6

split-complementary

#B160E6 #D8E660 #60E66E

monochromatic

#751CB0 #972BDE #B160E6 #CB95EE #E5CAF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B160E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B160E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B160E6

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B160E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B160E6	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5186E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b160e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 96, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.202 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91ee',
    500: '#b160e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b160e6;
$custom-light: #cc91ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b160e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.269,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64014,
    "c": 0.20213,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B160E6

secondary

#CCE8B9

accent

#D5115E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B160E6

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

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