#B172CD#B172CD

#B172CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.146 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172CD
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 44.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 40.68, -37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 55.30, 317.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.1029 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.146 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1665, 25.7904, 60.8713)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172CD #8ECD72

analogous

#8372CD #B172CD #CD72BC

triadic

#B172CD #CDB172 #72CDB1

tetradic

#B172CD #CD8372 #8ECD72 #72BCCD

square

#B172CD #CD8372 #8ECD72 #72BCCD

split-complementary

#B172CD #BCCD72 #72CD83

monochromatic

#743391 #9845BD #B172CD #CA9FDD #E3CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B172CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#B172CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172CD

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172CD	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6187D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.146 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9cdc',
    500: '#b172cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172cd;
$custom-light: #ca9cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65317,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172CD

secondary

#C7DEBD

accent

#BB2B57

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172CD

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

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