#B161EB#B161EB

#B161EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.206 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161EB
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 235)
HSL	hsl(275, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 58.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 56.12, -57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 80.19, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% 0.1281 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.206 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3986, 23.8952, 81.2232)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161EB #9BEB61

analogous

#6C61EB #B161EB #EB61E0

triadic

#B161EB #EBB161 #61EBB1

tetradic

#B161EB #EB6C61 #9BEB61 #61E0EB

square

#B161EB #EB6C61 #9BEB61 #61E0EB

split-complementary

#B161EB #E0EB61 #61EB6C

monochromatic

#7618BA #962BE4 #B161EB #CC97F2 #E7CEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B161EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B161EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161EB

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161EB	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2983EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D87E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.206 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91f2',
    500: '#b161eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161eb;
$custom-light: #cc91f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.783,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64452,
    "c": 0.20603,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161EB

secondary

#D0EBBD

accent

#DA0C62

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161EB

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

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