#B172DC#B172DC

#B172DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.163 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172DC
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 220)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 48.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 43.94, -44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 62.74, 314.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% 0.1051 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.163 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0646, 26.5497, 70.8683)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172DC #9DDC72

analogous

#7C72DC #B172DC #DC72D2

triadic

#B172DC #DCB172 #72DCB1

tetradic

#B172DC #DC7C72 #9DDC72 #72D2DC

square

#B172DC #DC7C72 #9DDC72 #72D2DC

split-complementary

#B172DC #D2DC72 #72DC7C

monochromatic

#762AAA #9641D0 #B172DC #CCA3E8 #E7D4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B172DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#B172DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172DC

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172DC	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#588AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8ED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.163 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9ce7',
    500: '#b172dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172dc;
$custom-light: #ca9ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.66,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66087,
    "c": 0.16329,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172DC

secondary

#D2E7C3

accent

#C81E63

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172DC

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

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