#B162CD#B162CD

#B162CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.173 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162CD
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(284, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 52.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 49.18, -42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 65.08, 319.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.1253 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.173 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5170, 22.4913, 60.3215)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162CD #7ECD62

analogous

#7C62CD #B162CD #CD62B4

triadic

#B162CD #CDB162 #62CDB1

tetradic

#B162CD #CD7C62 #7ECD62 #62B4CD

square

#B162CD #CD7C62 #7ECD62 #62B4CD

split-complementary

#B162CD #B4CD62 #62CD7C

monochromatic

#712C89 #973AB7 #B162CD #C890DC #DFBFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B162CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B162CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162CD

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162CD	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6485CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0728E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.173 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca91dd',
    500: '#b162cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162cd;
$custom-light: #ca91dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.299,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62871,
    "c": 0.17257,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162CD

secondary

#BBDAB1

accent

#DB4D72

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F1FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162CD

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

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