#B162AA#B162AA

#B162AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.138 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162AA
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 170)
HSL	hsl(305, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(305, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 42.37, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 49.19, 329.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.1197 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.138 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7545, 20.9864, 40.5059)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162AA #62B169

analogous

#9162B1 #B162AA #B16283

triadic

#B162AA #AAB162 #62AAB1

tetradic

#B162AA #B19162 #62B169 #6283B1

square

#B162AA #B19162 #62B169 #6283B1

split-complementary

#B162AA #83B162 #62B191

monochromatic

#663361 #8F4788 #B162AA #C58BC0 #DAB4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B162AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B162AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162AA

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162AA	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E78AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7482A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7687E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.138 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca91c3',
    500: '#b162aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162aa;
$custom-light: #ca91c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.316,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6115,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162AA

secondary

#A7C8AA

accent

#CA685E

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F1F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#130D12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162AA

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

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