#B3169E#B3169E

#B3169E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.225 H 335.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3169E
RGB	rgb(179, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(308, 78%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(308, 88%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.7%, 11.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 69.72, -34.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 77.84, 333.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.204 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.225 335.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0493, 12.6285, 33.4594)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3169E #16B32B

analogous

#7916B3 #B3169E #B31650

triadic

#B3169E #9EB316 #169EB3

tetradic

#B3169E #B37916 #16B32B #1650B3

square

#B3169E #B37916 #16B32B #1650B3

split-complementary

#B3169E #50B316 #16B379

monochromatic

#46093E #7C0F6E #B3169E #E422CA #EB59D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#B3169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#B3169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B3169E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B3169E	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1455A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC295E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.225 335.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce6dbb',
    500: '#b3169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3169e;
$custom-light: #ce6dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.025,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53187,
    "c": 0.22496,
    "h": 335.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3169E

secondary

#57CE67

accent

#F54D33

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140812

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3169E

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

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