#B172EC#B172EC

#B172EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.182 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172EC
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 236)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(271, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 51.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 47.55, -52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 70.77, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% 0.1067 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.182 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2859, 27.4382, 82.5671)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172EC #ADEC72

analogous

#7472EC #B172EC #EC72EA

triadic

#B172EC #ECB172 #72ECB1

tetradic

#B172EC #EC7472 #ADEC72 #72EAEC

square

#B172EC #EC7472 #ADEC72 #72EAEC

split-complementary

#B172EC #EAEC72 #72EC74

monochromatic

#751BC9 #933CE5 #B172EC #CFA8F3 #EDDEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B172EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B172EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172EC

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172EC	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C8DF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F8FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A888A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.182 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9cf3',
    500: '#b172ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172ec;
$custom-light: #cb9cf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.984,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66964,
    "c": 0.18181,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172EC

secondary

#DCEFCB

accent

#D80D6F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172EC

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

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