#B172DA#B172DA

#B172DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.161 H 310.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172DA
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 218)
HSL	hsl(276, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 47.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, 43.50, -43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 61.74, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% 0.1049 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.161 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8014, 26.4443, 69.4817)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172DA #9BDA72

analogous

#7D72DA #B172DA #DA72CF

triadic

#B172DA #DAB172 #72DAB1

tetradic

#B172DA #DA7D72 #9BDA72 #72CFDA

square

#B172DA #DA7D72 #9BDA72 #72CFDA

split-complementary

#B172DA #CFDA72 #72DA7D

monochromatic

#762CA6 #9642CD #B172DA #CCA2E7 #E7D3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B172DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#B172DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172DA

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172DA	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#598ADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC839C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.161 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9ce6',
    500: '#b172da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172da;
$custom-light: #ca9ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.346,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65981,
    "c": 0.16099,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172DA

secondary

#D0E6C2

accent

#C61F61

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172DA

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

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