#B161BD#B161BD

#B161BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.158 H 322.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161BD
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 189)
HSL	hsl(292, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(292, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 48.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, 46.48, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 58.18, 323.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% 0.1247 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.158 322.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5905, 21.5720, 50.6340)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161BD #6DBD61

analogous

#8361BD #B161BD #BD619B

triadic

#B161BD #BDB161 #61BDB1

tetradic

#B161BD #BD8361 #6DBD61 #619BBD

square

#B161BD #BD8361 #6DBD61 #619BBD

split-complementary

#B161BD #9BBD61 #61BD83

monochromatic

#6B3073 #93429F #B161BD #C68CCF #DCB7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B161BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B161BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161BD

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161BD	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.158 322.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca91d1',
    500: '#b161bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161bd;
$custom-light: #ca91d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.174,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61897,
    "c": 0.15773,
    "h": 322.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161BD

secondary

#AFD0AA

accent

#D15767

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F1F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#130D14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161BD

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

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