#B161E4#B161E4

#B161E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.199 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161E4
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 57.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 54.58, -53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 76.77, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.128 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.199 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4071, 23.4986, 76.0015)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161E4 #94E461

analogous

#6F61E4 #B161E4 #E461D6

triadic

#B161E4 #E4B161 #61E4B1

tetradic

#B161E4 #E46F61 #94E461 #61D6E4

square

#B161E4 #E46F61 #94E461 #61D6E4

split-complementary

#B161E4 #D6E461 #61E46F

monochromatic

#751EAD #972DDB #B161E4 #CB95ED #E5CAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B161E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#B161E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161E4

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161E4	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3481E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.199 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91ed',
    500: '#b161e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161e4;
$custom-light: #cb91ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.641,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64031,
    "c": 0.19853,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161E4

secondary

#CBE7B9

accent

#D3135D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161E4

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

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