#B162DE#B162DE

#B162DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.191 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162DE
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 222)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 55.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.44, 52.77, -50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.44, 73.28, 316.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.1265 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.191 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6816, 23.3572, 71.7218)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162DE #8FDE62

analogous

#7362DE #B162DE #DE62CD

triadic

#B162DE #DEB162 #62DEB1

tetradic

#B162DE #DE7362 #8FDE62 #62CDDE

square

#B162DE #DE7362 #8FDE62 #62CDDE

split-complementary

#B162DE #CDDE62 #62DE73

monochromatic

#7422A3 #982FD3 #B162DE #CA95E9 #E3C7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B162DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#B162DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162DE

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162DE	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C81E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5986DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.191 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb92e9',
    500: '#b162de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162de;
$custom-light: #cb92e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.226,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63818,
    "c": 0.19063,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162DE

secondary

#C8E4B7

accent

#CD185A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162DE

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

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