#B161DD#B161DD

#B161DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.191 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161DD
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 56.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 53.06, -50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 73.37, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1278 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.191 312)
XYZ	xyz(35.4550, 23.1178, 70.9871)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161DD #8DDD61

analogous

#7361DD #B161DD #DD61CB

triadic

#B161DD #DDB161 #61DDB1

tetradic

#B161DD #DD7361 #8DDD61 #61CBDD

square

#B161DD #DD7361 #8DDD61 #61CBDD

split-complementary

#B161DD #CBDD61 #61DD73

monochromatic

#7423A1 #982FD2 #B161DD #CA93E8 #E3C6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B161DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#B161DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161DD

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161DD	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C80E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5986DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.191 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91e8',
    500: '#b161dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161dd;
$custom-light: #cb91e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.71,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63621,
    "c": 0.19107,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.23117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161DD

secondary

#C6E4B6

accent

#CC1959

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161DD

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

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