#B161DE#B161DE

#B161DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.192 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161DE
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 56.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 53.28, -51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 73.86, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1278 -0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.192 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5886, 23.1712, 71.6908)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161DE #8EDE61

analogous

#7261DE #B161DE #DE61CC

triadic

#B161DE #DEB161 #61DEB1

tetradic

#B161DE #DE7261 #8EDE61 #61CCDE

square

#B161DE #DE7261 #8EDE61 #61CCDE

split-complementary

#B161DE #CCDE61 #61DE72

monochromatic

#7422A3 #982ED3 #B161DE #CA94E9 #E3C6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B161DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B161DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161DE

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161DE	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B80E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.192 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91e9',
    500: '#b161de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161de;
$custom-light: #cb91e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63679,
    "c": 0.19214,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161DE

secondary

#C7E4B7

accent

#CD1859

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161DE

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

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