#B161CB#B161CB

#B161CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.172 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161CB
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 203)
HSL	hsl(285, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 52.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.25, 49.28, -41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.25, 64.72, 319.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% 0.1265 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.172 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1841, 22.2094, 59.0272)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161CB #7BCB61

analogous

#7C61CB #B161CB #CB61B0

triadic

#B161CB #CBB161 #61CBB1

tetradic

#B161CB #CB7C61 #7BCB61 #61B0CB

square

#B161CB #CB7C61 #7BCB61 #61B0CB

split-complementary

#B161CB #B0CB61 #61CB7C

monochromatic

#702C86 #963BB4 #B161CB #C88FDA #DEBDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B161CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B161CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161CB

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161CB	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0718D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.172 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca91db',
    500: '#b161cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161cb;
$custom-light: #ca91db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.283,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6262,
    "c": 0.17208,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161CB

secondary

#B9D9AF

accent

#DA4E70

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F1FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161CB

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

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