#B172CA#B172CA

#B172CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.143 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172CA
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 202)
HSL	hsl(283, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(283, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 43.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 40.05, -35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 53.83, 318.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.1024 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.143 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8078, 25.6469, 58.9824)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172CA #8BCA72

analogous

#8572CA #B172CA #CA72B7

triadic

#B172CA #CAB172 #72CAB1

tetradic

#B172CA #CA8572 #8BCA72 #72B7CA

square

#B172CA #CA8572 #8BCA72 #72B7CA

split-complementary

#B172CA #B7CA72 #72CA85

monochromatic

#74358D #9846B9 #B172CA #CA9EDB #E2CBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B172CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#B172CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172CA

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172CA	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6287CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.143 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9cda',
    500: '#b172ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172ca;
$custom-light: #ca9cda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.955,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6517,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172CA

secondary

#C5DCBC

accent

#B92D55

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172CA

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

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