#B172DF#B172DF

#B172DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.167 H 309.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172DF
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 223)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 48.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, 44.60, -46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 64.24, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.1055 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.167 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4655, 26.7100, 72.9796)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172DF #A0DF72

analogous

#7A72DF #B172DF #DF72D6

triadic

#B172DF #DFB172 #72DFB1

tetradic

#B172DF #DF7A72 #A0DF72 #72D6DF

square

#B172DF #DF7A72 #A0DF72 #72D6DF

split-complementary

#B172DF #D6DF72 #72DF7A

monochromatic

#7628AF #9540D4 #B172DF #CDA4EA #E8D6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B172DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#B172DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172DF

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172DF	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#568AE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.167 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9ce9',
    500: '#b172df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172df;
$custom-light: #ca9ce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.679,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66247,
    "c": 0.16675,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172DF

secondary

#D4E8C4

accent

#CB1B65

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172DF

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

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