#B161BE#B161BE

#B161BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.159 H 321.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161BE
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 190)
HSL	hsl(292, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(292, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 48.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, 46.67, -35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 58.64, 322.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.1249 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.159 321.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6994, 21.6156, 51.2077)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161BE #6EBE61

analogous

#8361BE #B161BE #BE619D

triadic

#B161BE #BEB161 #61BEB1

tetradic

#B161BE #BE8361 #6EBE61 #619DBE

square

#B161BE #BE8361 #6EBE61 #619DBE

split-complementary

#B161BE #9DBE61 #61BE83

monochromatic

#6B3075 #9342A0 #B161BE #C68CD0 #DCB8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B161BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#B161BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161BE

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161BE	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#537AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.159 321.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca91d2',
    500: '#b161be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161be;
$custom-light: #ca91d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.613,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61947,
    "c": 0.15873,
    "h": 321.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161BE

secondary

#B0D1AA

accent

#D25668

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F1F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#130D14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161BE

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

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