#B162EE#B162EE

#B162EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.208 H 307.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162EE
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 58.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 56.29, -58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 81.09, 313.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.1269 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.208 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9286, 24.2560, 83.5561)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162EE #9FEE62

analogous

#6B62EE #B162EE #EE62E5

triadic

#B162EE #EEB162 #62EEB1

tetradic

#B162EE #EE6B62 #9FEE62 #62E5EE

square

#B162EE #EE6B62 #9FEE62 #62E5EE

split-complementary

#B162EE #E5EE62 #62EE6B

monochromatic

#7615C1 #962BE8 #B162EE #CC99F4 #E8D0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B162EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B162EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162EE

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162EE	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2784F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C88EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.208 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc92f4',
    500: '#b162ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162ee;
$custom-light: #cc92f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.857,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64771,
    "c": 0.20782,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162EE

secondary

#D3EDBF

accent

#DD0965

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F1FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162EE

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

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