#B172CC#B172CC

#B172CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.145 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172CC
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 204)
HSL	hsl(282, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 44.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 40.47, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 54.81, 317.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% 0.1028 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.145 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0462, 25.7423, 60.2376)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172CC #8DCC72

analogous

#8472CC #B172CC #CC72BA

triadic

#B172CC #CCB172 #72CCB1

tetradic

#B172CC #CC8472 #8DCC72 #72BACC

square

#B172CC #CC8472 #8DCC72 #72BACC

split-complementary

#B172CC #BACC72 #72CC84

monochromatic

#743490 #9845BC #B172CC #CA9FDC #E3CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B172CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#B172CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172CC

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172CC	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6187CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.145 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9cdc',
    500: '#b172cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172cc;
$custom-light: #ca9cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65268,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172CC

secondary

#C6DDBC

accent

#BA2B56

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172CC

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

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