#B161E5#B161E5

#B161E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.200 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161E5
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 229)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 54.80, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 77.26, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.128 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.2 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5463, 23.5543, 76.7347)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161E5 #95E561

analogous

#6F61E5 #B161E5 #E561D7

triadic

#B161E5 #E5B161 #61E5B1

tetradic

#B161E5 #E56F61 #95E561 #61D7E5

square

#B161E5 #E56F61 #95E561 #61D7E5

split-complementary

#B161E5 #D7E561 #61E56F

monochromatic

#751DAF #972CDC #B161E5 #CB96EE #E5CAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B161E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#B161E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161E5

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161E5	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3282E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5387E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA799A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.200 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91ee',
    500: '#b161e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161e5;
$custom-light: #cb91ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64091,
    "c": 0.1996,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161E5

secondary

#CCE8BA

accent

#D4125E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161E5

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

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