#B170EE#B170EE

#B170EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.187 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B170EE
RGB	rgb(177, 112, 238)
HSL	hsl(271, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(271, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 49.07, -54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 72.98, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% 0.1094 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.187 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3550, 27.1088, 84.0316)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B170EE #ADEE70

analogous

#7270EE #B170EE #EE70EC

triadic

#B170EE #EEB170 #70EEB1

tetradic

#B170EE #EE7270 #ADEE70 #70ECEE

square

#B170EE #EE7270 #ADEE70 #70ECEE

split-complementary

#B170EE #ECEE70 #70EE72

monochromatic

#7518CB #9339E7 #B170EE #CFA7F5 #EDDDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B170EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B170EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B170EE

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B170EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B170EE	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#478CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C8FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A787A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b170ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 112, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.187 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9bf4',
    500: '#b170ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b170ee;
$custom-light: #cb9bf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b170ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.952,
    "s": 78.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66775,
    "c": 0.18717,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B170EE

secondary

#DCF0CA

accent

#DB0A6F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B170EE

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

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