#B172DD#B172DD

#B172DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.164 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172DD
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, 44.16, -45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 63.24, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% 0.1052 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.164 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1975, 26.6028, 71.5679)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172DD #9EDD72

analogous

#7B72DD #B172DD #DD72D3

triadic

#B172DD #DDB172 #72DDB1

tetradic

#B172DD #DD7B72 #9EDD72 #72D3DD

square

#B172DD #DD7B72 #9EDD72 #72D3DD

split-complementary

#B172DD #D3DD72 #72DD7B

monochromatic

#7629AB #9641D1 #B172DD #CCA3E9 #E8D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#B172DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#B172DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172DD

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172DD	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#698EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB849D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.164 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9ce8',
    500: '#b172dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172dd;
$custom-light: #ca9ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.327,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6614,
    "c": 0.16445,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172DD

secondary

#D2E7C4

accent

#C91D63

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172DD

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

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