#B161DB#B161DB

#B161DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.189 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161DB
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 219)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 55.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 52.63, -49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 72.40, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.1277 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.189 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1901, 23.0118, 69.5921)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161DB #8BDB61

analogous

#7461DB #B161DB #DB61C8

triadic

#B161DB #DBB161 #61DBB1

tetradic

#B161DB #DB7461 #8BDB61 #61C8DB

square

#B161DB #DB7461 #8BDB61 #61C8DB

split-complementary

#B161DB #C8DB61 #61DB74

monochromatic

#74249E #982FD0 #B161DB #CA93E6 #E2C5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B161DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B161DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161DB

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161DB	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E80DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A86D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.189 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91e7',
    500: '#b161db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161db;
$custom-light: #cb91e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.344,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63506,
    "c": 0.18895,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161DB

secondary

#C5E2B5

accent

#CB1B57

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161DB

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

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