#B162EA#B162EA

#B162EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.204 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162EA
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 234)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 58.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 55.40, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 79.14, 314.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.1268 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.204 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3475, 24.0236, 80.4955)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162EA #9BEA62

analogous

#6D62EA #B162EA #EA62DF

triadic

#B162EA #EAB162 #62EAB1

tetradic

#B162EA #EA6D62 #9BEA62 #62DFEA

square

#B162EA #EA6D62 #9BEA62 #62DFEA

split-complementary

#B162EA #DFEA62 #62EA6D

monochromatic

#7619B9 #962CE3 #B162EA #CC98F1 #E7CEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B162EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B162EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162EA

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162EA	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E83EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F88E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.204 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc92f1',
    500: '#b162ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162ea;
$custom-light: #cc92f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.853,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64528,
    "c": 0.20351,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162EA

secondary

#D0EBBD

accent

#D90D62

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162EA

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

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