#B162E4#B162E4

#B162E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.197 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162E4
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 228)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 57%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 54.07, -53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 76.20, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1267 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.197 310)
XYZ	xyz(36.5001, 23.6846, 76.0325)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162E4 #95E462

analogous

#7062E4 #B162E4 #E462D6

triadic

#B162E4 #E4B162 #62E4B1

tetradic

#B162E4 #E47062 #95E462 #62D6E4

square

#B162E4 #E47062 #95E462 #62D6E4

split-complementary

#B162E4 #D6E462 #62E470

monochromatic

#751EAE #972EDB #B162E4 #CB96ED #E5CAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B162E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#B162E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162E4

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162E4	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3682E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5587E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.197 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb92ed',
    500: '#b162e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162e4;
$custom-light: #cb92ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.462,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64169,
    "c": 0.19706,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.23684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162E4

secondary

#CCE8BA

accent

#D3135E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162E4

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

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