#B161BB#B161BB

#B161BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.156 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161BB
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 187)
HSL	hsl(293, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(293, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 48.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 46.09, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 57.27, 323.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.1244 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.156 323)
XYZ	xyz(31.3749, 21.4857, 49.4986)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161BB #6BBB61

analogous

#8461BB #B161BB #BB6198

triadic

#B161BB #BBB161 #61BBB1

tetradic

#B161BB #BB8461 #6BBB61 #6198BB

square

#B161BB #BB8461 #6BBB61 #6198BB

split-complementary

#B161BB #98BB61 #61BB84

monochromatic

#6A3171 #92439C #B161BB #C68CCD #DBB7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B161BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B161BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161BB

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161BB	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.156 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca91d0',
    500: '#b161bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161bb;
$custom-light: #ca91d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 39.823,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61797,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.21484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161BB

secondary

#ADCFA9

accent

#D05865

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F1F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#130D14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161BB

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

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