#B172C8#B172C8

#B172C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.141 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172C8
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 200)
HSL	hsl(284, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 39.63, -34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 52.86, 318.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.1021 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.141 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5726, 25.5528, 57.7434)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172C8 #89C872

analogous

#8672C8 #B172C8 #C872B4

triadic

#B172C8 #C8B172 #72C8B1

tetradic

#B172C8 #C88672 #89C872 #72B4C8

square

#B172C8 #C88672 #89C872 #72B4C8

split-complementary

#B172C8 #B4C872 #72C886

monochromatic

#73368A #9847B6 #B172C8 #C99ED9 #E2CAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B172C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#B172C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172C8

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172C8	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6386CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.141 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9cd9',
    500: '#b172c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172c8;
$custom-light: #ca9cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.953,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65072,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172C8

secondary

#C3DBBB

accent

#B72E53

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130E14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172C8

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

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