#B162E9#B162E9

#B162E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.202 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162E9
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 233)
HSL	hsl(275, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 57.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 55.18, -56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 78.65, 314.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.1268 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.202 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2042, 23.9663, 79.7410)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162E9 #9AE962

analogous

#6D62E9 #B162E9 #E962DE

triadic

#B162E9 #E9B162 #62E9B1

tetradic

#B162E9 #E96D62 #9AE962 #62DEE9

square

#B162E9 #E96D62 #9AE962 #62DEE9

split-complementary

#B162E9 #DEE962 #62E96D

monochromatic

#761AB7 #962CE1 #B162E9 #CC98F1 #E6CDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B162E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#B162E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162E9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162E9	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F83ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5087E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.202 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc92f1',
    500: '#b162e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162e9;
$custom-light: #cc92f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.111,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64467,
    "c": 0.20244,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162E9

secondary

#CFEABC

accent

#D80E62

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162E9

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

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