#B172CF#B172CF

#B172CF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.148 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172CF
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 207)
HSL	hsl(281, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 44.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 41.11, -38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 56.28, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.1033 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.148 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4094, 25.8876, 62.1509)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172CF #90CF72

analogous

#8272CF #B172CF #CF72BE

triadic

#B172CF #CFB172 #72CFB1

tetradic

#B172CF #CF8272 #90CF72 #72BECF

square

#B172CF #CF8272 #90CF72 #72BECF

split-complementary

#B172CF #BECF72 #72CF82

monochromatic

#753294 #9844BF #B172CF #CAA0DF #E4CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B172CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B172CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172CF

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172CF	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6088D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.148 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9cde',
    500: '#b172cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172cf;
$custom-light: #ca9cde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.645,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65417,
    "c": 0.14841,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172CF

secondary

#C8DFBE

accent

#BD2959

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172CF

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

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