#B3169C#B3169C

#B3169C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.224 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3169C
RGB	rgb(179, 22, 156)
HSL	hsl(309, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(309, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.7%, 12.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.09, 69.44, -33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.09, 77.13, 334.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.2039 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.224 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8785, 12.5602, 32.5602)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3169C #16B32D

analogous

#7C16B3 #B3169C #B3164E

triadic

#B3169C #9CB316 #169CB3

tetradic

#B3169C #B37C16 #16B32D #164EB3

square

#B3169C #B37C16 #16B32D #164EB3

split-complementary

#B3169C #4EB316 #16B37C

monochromatic

#46093D #7C0F6D #B3169C #E422C8 #EB59D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#B3169C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#B3169C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3169C

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3169C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3169C	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18559F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD285D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3169c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 22, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.224 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6db9',
    500: '#b3169c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3169c;
$custom-light: #ce6db9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3169c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.79,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53078,
    "c": 0.22366,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3169C

secondary

#57CE68

accent

#F55033

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140811

muted

#837B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3169C

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

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