#B162E8#B162E8

#B162E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.201 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162E8
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 232)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 57.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 54.95, -55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 78.16, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.1268 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.201 309)
XYZ	xyz(37.0618, 23.9093, 78.9908)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162E8 #99E862

analogous

#6E62E8 #B162E8 #E862DC

triadic

#B162E8 #E8B162 #62E8B1

tetradic

#B162E8 #E86E62 #99E862 #62DCE8

square

#B162E8 #E86E62 #99E862 #62DCE8

split-complementary

#B162E8 #DCE862 #62E86E

monochromatic

#761BB5 #962DE0 #B162E8 #CC97F0 #E6CDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B162E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B162E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162E8

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162E8	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3183EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5187E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.201 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc92f0',
    500: '#b162e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162e8;
$custom-light: #cc92f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.373,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64407,
    "c": 0.20136,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.23909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162E8

secondary

#CFEABC

accent

#D70F61

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162E8

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

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