#B172B9#B172B9

#B172B9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.124 H 322.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172B9
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 185)
HSL	hsl(293, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(293, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 38.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 36.58, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 45.72, 323.15°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.099 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.124 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9048, 24.8857, 48.9597)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172B9 #7AB972

analogous

#8D72B9 #B172B9 #B9729D

triadic

#B172B9 #B9B172 #72B9B1

tetradic

#B172B9 #B98D72 #7AB972 #729DB9

square

#B172B9 #B98D72 #7AB972 #729DB9

split-complementary

#B172B9 #9DB972 #72B98D

monochromatic

#6F3B76 #964F9F #B172B9 #C89BCD #DEC4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B172B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#B172B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172B9

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172B9	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A84BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8BB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.124 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99cce',
    500: '#b172b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172b9;
$custom-light: #c99cce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.239,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64375,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172B9

secondary

#B9D1B5

accent

#CA5E6A

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172B9

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

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