#B172EA#B172EA

#B172EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.179 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172EA
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 234)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(272, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 51.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, 47.09, -51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 69.76, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% 0.1065 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.179 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9970, 27.3226, 81.0453)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172EA #ABEA72

analogous

#7572EA #B172EA #EA72E7

triadic

#B172EA #EAB172 #72EAB1

tetradic

#B172EA #EA7572 #ABEA72 #72E7EA

square

#B172EA #EA7572 #ABEA72 #72E7EA

split-complementary

#B172EA #E7EA72 #72EA75

monochromatic

#751DC4 #943DE2 #B172EA #CEA7F2 #ECDDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B172EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B172EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172EA

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172EA	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#618FE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A887A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.179 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9cf1',
    500: '#b172ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172ea;
$custom-light: #cb9cf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66852,
    "c": 0.17949,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172EA

secondary

#DBEECA

accent

#D60F6E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172EA

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

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