#B172BD#B172BD

#B172BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.128 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172BD
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 189)
HSL	hsl(290, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(290, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 39.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 37.38, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 47.59, 321.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.0998 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.128 321)
XYZ	xyz(33.3330, 25.0570, 51.2149)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172BD #7EBD72

analogous

#8C72BD #B172BD #BD72A4

triadic

#B172BD #BDB172 #72BDB1

tetradic

#B172BD #BD8C72 #7EBD72 #72A4BD

square

#B172BD #BD8C72 #7EBD72 #72A4BD

split-complementary

#B172BD #A4BD72 #72BD8C

monochromatic

#713A7B #974DA5 #B172BD #C89CD1 #DFC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B172BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#B172BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172BD

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172BD	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6885C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.128 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99cd1',
    500: '#b172bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172bd;
$custom-light: #c99cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64555,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.25056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172BD

secondary

#BBD4B7

accent

#CC5C6E

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172BD

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

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