#B172DB#B172DB

#B172DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.162 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172DB
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 219)
HSL	hsl(276, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 47.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 43.72, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 62.24, 314.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% 0.105 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.162 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9326, 26.4968, 70.1729)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172DB #9CDB72

analogous

#7C72DB #B172DB #DB72D0

triadic

#B172DB #DBB172 #72DBB1

tetradic

#B172DB #DB7C72 #9CDB72 #72D0DB

square

#B172DB #DB7C72 #9CDB72 #72D0DB

split-complementary

#B172DB #D0DB72 #72DB7C

monochromatic

#762BA8 #9641CF #B172DB #CCA3E7 #E7D4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B172DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B172DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172DB

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172DB	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#598ADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC839C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.162 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9ce6',
    500: '#b172db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172db;
$custom-light: #ca9ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66034,
    "c": 0.16214,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172DB

secondary

#D1E6C3

accent

#C71F62

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172DB

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

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