#B161EF#B161EF

#B161EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.210 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B161EF
RGB	rgb(177, 97, 239)
HSL	hsl(274, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 59.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 57.01, -59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 82.14, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.128 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.21 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9829, 24.1290, 84.3010)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B161EF #9FEF61

analogous

#6A61EF #B161EF #EF61E6

triadic

#B161EF #EFB161 #61EFB1

tetradic

#B161EF #EF6A61 #9FEF61 #61E6EF

square

#B161EF #EF6A61 #9FEF61 #61E6EF

split-complementary

#B161EF #E6EF61 #61EF6A

monochromatic

#7614C2 #9629E9 #B161EF #CC99F5 #E8D0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B161EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B161EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B161EF

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B161EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B161EF	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2284F4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A88EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b161ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 97, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.210 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc92f5',
    500: '#b161ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b161ef;
$custom-light: #cc92f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b161ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.803,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64698,
    "c": 0.21031,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B161EF

secondary

#D3EDBE

accent

#DE0865

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F1FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B161EF

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

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