#B170D8#B170D8

#B170D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.162 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B170D8
RGB	rgb(177, 112, 216)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(278, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 48.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 44.13, -43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 61.98, 315.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.1074 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.162 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3181, 25.8940, 68.0373)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B170D8 #97D870

analogous

#7D70D8 #B170D8 #D870CB

triadic

#B170D8 #D8B170 #70D8B1

tetradic

#B170D8 #D87D70 #97D870 #70CBD8

square

#B170D8 #D87D70 #97D870 #70CBD8

split-complementary

#B170D8 #CBD870 #70D87D

monochromatic

#752CA2 #9740CB #B170D8 #CBA0E5 #E5D0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B170D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B170D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B170D8

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B170D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B170D8	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5888DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD819A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b170d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 112, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.162 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9be4',
    500: '#b170d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b170d8;
$custom-light: #ca9be4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b170d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65562,
    "c": 0.16196,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B170D8

secondary

#CDE4C0

accent

#C5215E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E15

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B170D8

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

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