#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
RGBrgb(179, 22, 158)
HSLhsl(308, 78%, 39%)
HSVhsv(308, 88%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 87.7%, 11.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(42.20, 69.72, -34.62)
CIE-LCHlch(42.20, 77.84, 333.59°)
OKLaboklab(53.19% 0.204 -0.0949)
OKLCHoklch(53.19% 0.225 335.1)
XYZxyz(25.0493, 12.6285, 33.4594)
Luminance0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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
##B3169E1.005.963.535.96
#FFFFFF5.961.0021.001.00
#0000003.5321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.961.0021.001.00

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

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#B3169E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva