#B161DC#B161DC

#B161DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.190 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161DC
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 220)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 55.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 52.85, -50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 72.89, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.1277 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.19 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3221, 23.0647, 70.2875)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161DC #8CDC61

analogous

#7361DC #B161DC #DC61CA

triadic

#B161DC #DCB161 #61DCB1

tetradic

#B161DC #DC7361 #8CDC61 #61CADC

square

#B161DC #DC7361 #8CDC61 #61CADC

split-complementary

#B161DC #CADC61 #61DC73

monochromatic

#74239F #982FD1 #B161DC #CA93E7 #E2C5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B161DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B161DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161DC

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161DC	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D80E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A86D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.190 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91e7',
    500: '#b161dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161dc;
$custom-light: #cb91e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.024,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63563,
    "c": 0.19,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161DC

secondary

#C6E3B6

accent

#CC1A58

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161DC

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

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