#B169EE#B169EE

#B169EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.198 H 306.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B169EE
RGB	rgb(177, 105, 238)
HSL	hsl(272, 80%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(272, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 55.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 52.73, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 77.10, 313.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.1183 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.198 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6125, 25.6237, 83.7841)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B169EE #A6EE69

analogous

#6E69EE #B169EE #EE69E9

triadic

#B169EE #EEB169 #69EEB1

tetradic

#B169EE #EE6E69 #A6EE69 #69E9EE

square

#B169EE #EE6E69 #A6EE69 #69E9EE

split-complementary

#B169EE #E9EE69 #69EE6E

monochromatic

#7616C6 #9432E8 #B169EE #CEA0F4 #EAD7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B169EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#B169EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B169EE

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B169EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B169EE	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3988F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#548BEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A782A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b169ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 105, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.198 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc96f4',
    500: '#b169ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b169ee;
$custom-light: #cc96f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b169ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.481,
    "s": 79.641,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65747,
    "c": 0.19766,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B169EE

secondary

#D8EEC4

accent

#DC0A6A

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B169EE

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

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