#B170D5#B170D5

#B170D5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.159 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B170D5
RGB	rgb(177, 112, 213)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(279, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 47.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 43.48, -42.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 60.49, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.107 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.159 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9338, 25.7403, 66.0133)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B170D5 #94D570

analogous

#7E70D5 #B170D5 #D570C6

triadic

#B170D5 #D5B170 #70D5B1

tetradic

#B170D5 #D57E70 #94D570 #70C6D5

square

#B170D5 #D57E70 #94D570 #70C6D5

split-complementary

#B170D5 #C6D570 #70D57E

monochromatic

#752E9D #9741C7 #B170D5 #CB9FE3 #E5CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B170D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B170D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B170D5

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B170D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B170D5	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A87D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b170d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 112, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.159 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9be2',
    500: '#b170d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b170d5;
$custom-light: #ca9be2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b170d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.614,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65405,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B170D5

secondary

#CBE2BF

accent

#C2235C

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B170D5

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

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