#B169F8#B169F8

#B169F8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.209 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B169F8
RGB	rgb(177, 105, 248)
HSL	hsl(270, 91%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 57.7%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, 55.02, -60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 82.06, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.1184 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.209 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1226, 26.2278, 91.7375)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B169F8 #B0F869

analogous

#6A69F8 #B169F8 #F869F7

triadic

#B169F8 #F8B169 #69F8B1

tetradic

#B169F8 #F86A69 #B0F869 #69F7F8

square

#B169F8 #F86A69 #B0F869 #69F7F8

split-complementary

#B169F8 #F7F869 #69F86A

monochromatic

#740ADC #932FF5 #B169F8 #CFA3FB #EEDEFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#B169F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#B169F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B169F8

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B169F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B169F8	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A8AFD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A8CF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A485A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b169f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 105, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.209 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc97fb',
    500: '#b169f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b169f8;
$custom-light: #cc97fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b169f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.21,
    "s": 91.083,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66353,
    "c": 0.20878,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B169F8

secondary

#DEF3CA

accent

#E60072

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FF

border

#D2CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B169F8

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

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