#B172EB#B172EB

#B172EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.181 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172EB
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 235)
HSL	hsl(271, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 51.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 47.32, -51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 70.27, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.1066 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.181 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1411, 27.3802, 81.8041)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172EB #ACEB72

analogous

#7472EB #B172EB #EB72E8

triadic

#B172EB #EBB172 #72EBB1

tetradic

#B172EB #EB7472 #ACEB72 #72E8EB

square

#B172EB #EB7472 #ACEB72 #72E8EB

split-complementary

#B172EB #E8EB72 #72EB74

monochromatic

#751CC6 #933CE3 #B172EB #CFA8F3 #ECDDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B172EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B172EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172EB

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172EB	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D8DEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608FE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A888A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.181 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9cf2',
    500: '#b172eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172eb;
$custom-light: #cb9cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.24,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66908,
    "c": 0.18065,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172EB

secondary

#DCEFCA

accent

#D70E6F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172EB

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

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