#B162DD#B162DD

#B162DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.190 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162DD
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 55.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 52.55, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 72.80, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.1265 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.19 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5480, 23.3037, 71.0181)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162DD #8EDD62

analogous

#7462DD #B162DD #DD62CB

triadic

#B162DD #DDB162 #62DDB1

tetradic

#B162DD #DD7462 #8EDD62 #62CBDD

square

#B162DD #DD7462 #8EDD62 #62CBDD

split-complementary

#B162DD #CBDD62 #62DD74

monochromatic

#7423A2 #9830D2 #B162DD #CA94E8 #E3C7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B162DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B162DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162DD

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162DD	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D81E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A86DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.190 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb92e8',
    500: '#b162dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162dd;
$custom-light: #cb92e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.537,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63761,
    "c": 0.18956,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162DD

secondary

#C7E4B7

accent

#CC1959

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162DD

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

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