#B161EC#B161EC

#B161EC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.207 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161EC
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 236)
HSL	hsl(275, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 58.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 56.34, -57.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 80.68, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.1281 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.207 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5434, 23.9532, 81.9862)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161EC #9CEC61

analogous

#6B61EC #B161EC #EC61E2

triadic

#B161EC #ECB161 #61ECB1

tetradic

#B161EC #EC6B61 #9CEC61 #61E2EC

square

#B161EC #EC6B61 #9CEC61 #61E2EC

split-complementary

#B161EC #E2EC61 #61EC6B

monochromatic

#7617BC #962AE5 #B161EC #CC98F3 #E7CEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B161EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#B161EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161EC

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161EC	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2883F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C87E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.207 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91f3',
    500: '#b161ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161ec;
$custom-light: #cc91f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.532,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64513,
    "c": 0.20709,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161EC

secondary

#D1ECBD

accent

#DB0B63

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161EC

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

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