#B162ED#B162ED

#B162ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.207 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162ED
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 237)
HSL	hsl(274, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 58.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 56.06, -57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 80.60, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% 0.1269 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.207 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7821, 24.1974, 82.7845)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162ED #9EED62

analogous

#6B62ED #B162ED #ED62E3

triadic

#B162ED #EDB162 #62EDB1

tetradic

#B162ED #ED6B62 #9EED62 #62E3ED

square

#B162ED #ED6B62 #9EED62 #62E3ED

split-complementary

#B162ED #E3ED62 #62ED6B

monochromatic

#7616BF #962BE7 #B162ED #CC99F3 #E8D0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B162ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#B162ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162ED

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162ED	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2984F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D88EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.207 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc92f3',
    500: '#b162ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162ed;
$custom-light: #cc92f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.101,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6471,
    "c": 0.20674,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162ED

secondary

#D2EDBE

accent

#DC0A64

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162ED

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

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