#B161C8#B161C8

#B161C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.169 H 318.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161C8
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 51.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 48.67, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 63.30, 320.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1262 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.169 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8301, 22.0678, 57.1625)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161C8 #78C861

analogous

#7D61C8 #B161C8 #C861AB

triadic

#B161C8 #C8B161 #61C8B1

tetradic

#B161C8 #C87D61 #78C861 #61ABC8

square

#B161C8 #C87D61 #78C861 #61ABC8

split-complementary

#B161C8 #ABC861 #61C87D

monochromatic

#6F2D82 #953DAF #B161C8 #C78ED8 #DEBCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#B161C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#B161C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161C8

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161C8	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1708C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.169 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca91d9',
    500: '#b161c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161c8;
$custom-light: #ca91d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.602,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62461,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161C8

secondary

#B7D7AE

accent

#D8506E

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F1FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#130D14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161C8

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

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