#B161EA#B161EA

#B161EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.205 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161EA
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 234)
HSL	hsl(275, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 58.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 55.90, -56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 79.70, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.1281 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.205 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2545, 23.8376, 80.4645)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161EA #9AEA61

analogous

#6C61EA #B161EA #EA61DF

triadic

#B161EA #EAB161 #61EAB1

tetradic

#B161EA #EA6C61 #9AEA61 #61DFEA

square

#B161EA #EA6C61 #9AEA61 #61DFEA

split-complementary

#B161EA #DFEA61 #61EA6C

monochromatic

#7618B8 #962BE3 #B161EA #CC97F1 #E6CDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B161EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#B161EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161EA

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161EA	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B83EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E87E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.205 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91f1',
    500: '#b161ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161ea;
$custom-light: #cc91f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.036,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64391,
    "c": 0.20495,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161EA

secondary

#CFEBBC

accent

#D90D62

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161EA

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

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