#B161E9#B161E9

#B161E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.204 H 308.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161E9
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 233)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 58.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 55.68, -56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 79.21, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.1281 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.204 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1112, 23.7803, 79.7100)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161E9 #99E961

analogous

#6D61E9 #B161E9 #E961DD

triadic

#B161E9 #E9B161 #61E9B1

tetradic

#B161E9 #E96D61 #99E961 #61DDE9

square

#B161E9 #E96D61 #99E961 #61DDE9

split-complementary

#B161E9 #DDE961 #61E96D

monochromatic

#7619B6 #962BE2 #B161E9 #CC97F0 #E6CCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B161E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B161E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161E9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161E9	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D83ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F87E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.204 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91f1',
    500: '#b161e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161e9;
$custom-light: #cc91f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64331,
    "c": 0.20389,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161E9

secondary

#CFEABC

accent

#D80E61

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161E9

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

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