#9172C6#9172C6

#9172C6 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.127 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9172C6
RGB	rgb(145, 114, 198)
HSL	hsl(262, 42%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(262, 42%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 42.4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, 29.80, -39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 49.46, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.0629 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.127 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8851, 22.1314, 56.2178)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9172C6 #A7C672

analogous

#727DC6 #9172C6 #BB72C6

triadic

#9172C6 #C69172 #72C691

tetradic

#9172C6 #C6727D #A7C672 #72C6BB

square

#9172C6 #C6727D #A7C672 #72C6BB

split-complementary

#9172C6 #C6BB72 #7DC672

monochromatic

#543787 #6F48B3 #9172C6 #B39ED8 #D5C9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#9172C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#9172C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9172C6

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9172C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9172C6	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B81C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9172c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(145, 114, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.127 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39bd7',
    500: '#9172c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9172c6;
$custom-light: #b39bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9172c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 145,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.143,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61686,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9172C6

secondary

#CEDABA

accent

#B63084

background

#FBF9FD

surface

#F6F2FA

border

#D0CCD3

text

#110E14

muted

#807E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9172C6

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

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