#B162CE#B162CE

#B162CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.174 H 316.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162CE
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 206)
HSL	hsl(284, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 52.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 49.38, -43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 65.56, 318.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1254 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.174 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6381, 22.5398, 60.9592)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162CE #7FCE62

analogous

#7B62CE #B162CE #CE62B5

triadic

#B162CE #CEB162 #62CEB1

tetradic

#B162CE #CE7B62 #7FCE62 #62B5CE

square

#B162CE #CE7B62 #7FCE62 #62B5CE

split-complementary

#B162CE #B5CE62 #62CE7B

monochromatic

#712B8A #973AB9 #B162CE #C891DD #DFBFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#B162CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#B162CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162CE

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162CE	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7ED2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6385CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0738F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.174 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91dd',
    500: '#b162ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162ce;
$custom-light: #cb91dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.889,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62925,
    "c": 0.17362,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162CE

secondary

#BCDBB1

accent

#DC4C73

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F1FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162CE

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

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