#B169E4#B169E4

#B169E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.187 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B169E4
RGB	rgb(177, 105, 228)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 53.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 50.49, -51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 72.14, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.1178 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.187 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1839, 25.0523, 76.2605)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B169E4 #9CE469

analogous

#7369E4 #B169E4 #E469DA

triadic

#B169E4 #E4B169 #69E4B1

tetradic

#B169E4 #E47369 #9CE469 #69DAE4

square

#B169E4 #E47369 #9CE469 #69DAE4

split-complementary

#B169E4 #DAE469 #69E473

monochromatic

#7620B2 #9635DB #B169E4 #CC9DED #E7D1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B169E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#B169E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B169E4

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B169E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B169E4	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4386E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b169e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 105, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.187 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb96ed',
    500: '#b169e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b169e4;
$custom-light: #cb96ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b169e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.122,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65164,
    "c": 0.18654,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B169E4

secondary

#D1E9C0

accent

#D11463

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B169E4

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

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