#B172BF#B172BF

#B172BF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.131 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172BF
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 191)
HSL	hsl(289, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(289, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 40.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 37.78, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 48.53, 321.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.1003 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.131 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5516, 25.1444, 52.3661)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172BF #80BF72

analogous

#8B72BF #B172BF #BF72A7

triadic

#B172BF #BFB172 #72BFB1

tetradic

#B172BF #BF8B72 #80BF72 #72A7BF

square

#B172BF #BF8B72 #80BF72 #72A7BF

split-complementary

#B172BF #A7BF72 #72BF8B

monochromatic

#71397E #974CA8 #B172BF #C89CD2 #E0C6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B172BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#B172BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172BF

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172BF	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6885C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B27B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.131 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99cd2',
    500: '#b172bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172bf;
$custom-light: #c99cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64647,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172BF

secondary

#BDD5B8

accent

#CE5A6F

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172BF

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

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