#B172BC#B172BC

#B172BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.127 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172BC
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 37.18, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 47.12, 322.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.0996 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.127 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2248, 25.0137, 50.6452)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172BC #7DBC72

analogous

#8C72BC #B172BC #BC72A2

triadic

#B172BC #BCB172 #72BCB1

tetradic

#B172BC #BC8C72 #7DBC72 #72A2BC

square

#B172BC #BC8C72 #7DBC72 #72A2BC

split-complementary

#B172BC #A2BC72 #72BC8C

monochromatic

#703A7A #974EA3 #B172BC #C89BD0 #DFC5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#B172BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#B172BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172BC

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172BC	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6984BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.127 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99cd0',
    500: '#b172bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172bc;
$custom-light: #c99cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.081,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6451,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172BC

secondary

#BBD3B6

accent

#CC5C6D

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172BC

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

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