#B172CB#B172CB

#B172CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.144 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172CB
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 203)
HSL	hsl(282, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 43.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, 40.26, -36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 54.32, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.1026 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.144 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9266, 25.6944, 59.6080)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172CB #8CCB72

analogous

#8572CB #B172CB #CB72B9

triadic

#B172CB #CBB172 #72CBB1

tetradic

#B172CB #CB8572 #8CCB72 #72B9CB

square

#B172CB #CB8572 #8CCB72 #72B9CB

split-complementary

#B172CB #B9CB72 #72CB85

monochromatic

#74348E #9845BB #B172CB #CA9FDB #E2CBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B172CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B172CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172CB

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172CB	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6287CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.144 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9cdb',
    500: '#b172cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172cb;
$custom-light: #ca9cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.472,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65218,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172CB

secondary

#C6DDBC

accent

#B92C55

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172CB

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

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