#B162E5#B162E5

#B162E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.198 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162E5
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 229)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.7%, 57.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 54.29, -54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 76.69, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.1268 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.198 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6393, 23.7403, 76.7657)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162E5 #96E562

analogous

#7062E5 #B162E5 #E562D8

triadic

#B162E5 #E5B162 #62E5B1

tetradic

#B162E5 #E57062 #96E562 #62D8E5

square

#B162E5 #E57062 #96E562 #62D8E5

split-complementary

#B162E5 #D8E562 #62E570

monochromatic

#751DB0 #972DDC #B162E5 #CB97EE #E5CBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B162E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#B162E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162E5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162E5	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3582E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5487E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.198 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb92ee',
    500: '#b162e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162e5;
$custom-light: #cb92ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.183,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64228,
    "c": 0.19814,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162E5

secondary

#CDE8BB

accent

#D4125F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162E5

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

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