#B161CD#B161CD

#B161CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.174 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161CD
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 52.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, 49.69, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 65.67, 319.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.1267 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.174 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4240, 22.3054, 60.2905)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161CD #7DCD61

analogous

#7B61CD #B161CD #CD61B3

triadic

#B161CD #CDB161 #61CDB1

tetradic

#B161CD #CD7B61 #7DCD61 #61B3CD

square

#B161CD #CD7B61 #7DCD61 #61B3CD

split-complementary

#B161CD #B3CD61 #61CD7B

monochromatic

#702B88 #973AB7 #B161CD #C88FDC #DFBEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#B161CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#B161CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161CD

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161CD	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6384CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0728E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.174 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91dd',
    500: '#b161cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161cd;
$custom-light: #cb91dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62727,
    "c": 0.17417,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161CD

secondary

#BBDAB0

accent

#DB4C71

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F1FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161CD

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

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