#B170E8#B170E8

#B170E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.180 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B170E8
RGB	rgb(177, 112, 232)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 51.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, 47.70, -51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 69.96, 312.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.109 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.18 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4882, 26.7621, 79.4663)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B170E8 #A7E870

analogous

#7570E8 #B170E8 #E870E3

triadic

#B170E8 #E8B170 #70E8B1

tetradic

#B170E8 #E87570 #A7E870 #70E3E8

square

#B170E8 #E87570 #A7E870 #70E3E8

split-complementary

#B170E8 #E3E870 #70E875

monochromatic

#751FBF #943BE0 #B170E8 #CEA5F0 #EBD9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B170E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#B170E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B170E8

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B170E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B170E8	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C8BEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A985A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b170e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 112, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.180 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9bf0',
    500: '#b170e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b170e8;
$custom-light: #cb9bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b170e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66434,
    "c": 0.18028,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B170E8

secondary

#D8EDC7

accent

#D4116B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B170E8

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

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