#B160E9#B160E9

#B160E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.205 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B160E9
RGB	rgb(177, 96, 233)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 58.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 56.17, -56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 79.77, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.1293 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.205 309)
XYZ	xyz(37.0194, 23.5967, 79.6794)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B160E9 #98E960

analogous

#6C60E9 #B160E9 #E960DD

triadic

#B160E9 #E9B160 #60E9B1

tetradic

#B160E9 #E96C60 #98E960 #60DDE9

square

#B160E9 #E96C60 #98E960 #60DDE9

split-complementary

#B160E9 #DDE960 #60E96C

monochromatic

#7619B5 #972AE2 #B160E9 #CB96F0 #E6CCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B160E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B160E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B160E9

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B160E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B160E9	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A82ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E87E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b160e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 96, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.205 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91f1',
    500: '#b160e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b160e9;
$custom-light: #cc91f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b160e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.474,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64196,
    "c": 0.20532,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.23596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B160E9

secondary

#CEEABB

accent

#D80E60

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B160E9

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

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