#B162EF#B162EF

#B162EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.209 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B162EF
RGB	rgb(177, 98, 239)
HSL	hsl(274, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 59%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 56.51, -58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 81.58, 313.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.1268 -0.166)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.209 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0759, 24.3149, 84.3320)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B162EF #A0EF62

analogous

#6A62EF #B162EF #EF62E6

triadic

#B162EF #EFB162 #62EFB1

tetradic

#B162EF #EF6A62 #A0EF62 #62E6EF

square

#B162EF #EF6A62 #A0EF62 #62E6EF

split-complementary

#B162EF #E6EF62 #62EF6A

monochromatic

#7614C3 #952AE9 #B162EF #CD9AF5 #E8D1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#B162EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#B162EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B162EF

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B162EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B162EF	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2584F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B88EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b162ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 98, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.209 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc92f5',
    500: '#b162ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b162ef;
$custom-light: #cc92f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b162ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.617,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64833,
    "c": 0.20889,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B162EF

secondary

#D4EEBF

accent

#DE0866

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F1FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B162EF

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

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