#B161CE#B161CE

#B161CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.175 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161CE
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 206)
HSL	hsl(284, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 52.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 49.90, -43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 66.15, 318.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.1268 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.175 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5451, 22.3538, 60.9282)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161CE #7ECE61

analogous

#7B61CE #B161CE #CE61B4

triadic

#B161CE #CEB161 #61CEB1

tetradic

#B161CE #CE7B61 #7ECE61 #61B4CE

square

#B161CE #CE7B61 #7ECE61 #61B4CE

split-complementary

#B161CE #B4CE61 #61CE7B

monochromatic

#712B8A #9739B9 #B161CE #C890DC #DFBEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B161CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B161CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161CE

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161CE	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6385CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0728E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.175 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91dd',
    500: '#b161ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161ce;
$custom-light: #cb91dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.037,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62781,
    "c": 0.17521,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161CE

secondary

#BBDBB0

accent

#DC4C72

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F1FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161CE

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

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