#B161EE#B161EE

#B161EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.209 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161EE
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 59.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 56.79, -58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 81.65, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.1281 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.209 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8356, 24.0700, 83.5251)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161EE #9EEE61

analogous

#6B61EE #B161EE #EE61E4

triadic

#B161EE #EEB161 #61EEB1

tetradic

#B161EE #EE6B61 #9EEE61 #61E4EE

square

#B161EE #EE6B61 #9EEE61 #61E4EE

split-complementary

#B161EE #E4EE61 #61EE6B

monochromatic

#7615C0 #962AE8 #B161EE #CC98F4 #E8D0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#B161EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#B161EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161EE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161EE	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2484F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B87EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.209 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc92f4',
    500: '#b161ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161ee;
$custom-light: #cc92f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.043,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64636,
    "c": 0.20924,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161EE

secondary

#D2EDBE

accent

#DD0964

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F1FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161EE

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

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