#B172DE#B172DE

#B172DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.166 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172DE
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 222)
HSL	hsl(275, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 48.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, 44.38, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 63.74, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.1053 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.166 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3311, 26.6562, 72.2716)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172DE #9FDE72

analogous

#7B72DE #B172DE #DE72D5

triadic

#B172DE #DEB172 #72DEB1

tetradic

#B172DE #DE7B72 #9FDE72 #72D5DE

square

#B172DE #DE7B72 #9FDE72 #72D5DE

split-complementary

#B172DE #D5DE72 #72DE7B

monochromatic

#7629AD #9640D2 #B172DE #CCA4EA #E8D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#B172DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#B172DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172DE

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172DE	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688EDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.166 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9ce9',
    500: '#b172de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172de;
$custom-light: #ca9ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66193,
    "c": 0.1656,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172DE

secondary

#D3E8C4

accent

#CA1C64

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172DE

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

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