#B164DD#B164DD

#B164DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.187 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B164DD
RGB	rgb(177, 100, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 54.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 51.53, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 71.64, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1239 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.187 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7374, 23.6827, 71.0812)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B164DD #90DD64

analogous

#7464DD #B164DD #DD64CC

triadic

#B164DD #DDB164 #64DDB1

tetradic

#B164DD #DD7464 #90DD64 #64CCDD

square

#B164DD #DD7464 #90DD64 #64CCDD

split-complementary

#B164DD #CCDD64 #64DD74

monochromatic

#7524A3 #9832D2 #B164DD #CA96E8 #E4C8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B164DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#B164DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B164DD

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B164DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B164DD	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4182E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C87DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b164dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 100, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.187 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb93e8',
    500: '#b164dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b164dd;
$custom-light: #cb93e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b164dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64043,
    "c": 0.18652,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B164DD

secondary

#C8E4B9

accent

#CC1A5A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B164DD

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

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