#B170E2#B170E2

#B170E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.173 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B170E2
RGB	rgb(177, 112, 226)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 50.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, 46.35, -48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 66.96, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% 0.1085 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.173 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6504, 26.4270, 75.0542)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B170E2 #A1E270

analogous

#7870E2 #B170E2 #E270DA

triadic

#B170E2 #E2B170 #70E2B1

tetradic

#B170E2 #E27870 #A1E270 #70DAE2

square

#B170E2 #E27870 #A1E270 #70DAE2

split-complementary

#B170E2 #DAE270 #70E278

monochromatic

#7624B3 #953DD8 #B170E2 #CDA3EC #E9D6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B170E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#B170E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B170E2

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B170E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B170E2	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b170e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 112, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.173 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9beb',
    500: '#b170e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b170e2;
$custom-light: #cb9beb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b170e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.211,
    "s": 66.279,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.661,
    "c": 0.17339,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B170E2

secondary

#D4EAC4

accent

#CE1766

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B170E2

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

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