#B172EF#B172EF

#B172EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.185 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172EF
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 239)
HSL	hsl(270, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 52.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, 48.24, -53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 72.28, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% 0.1069 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.185 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7254, 27.6140, 84.8818)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172EF #B0EF72

analogous

#7372EF #B172EF #EF72EF

triadic

#B172EF #EFB172 #72EFB1

tetradic

#B172EF #EF7372 #B0EF72 #72EFEF

square

#B172EF #EF7372 #B0EF72 #72EFEF

split-complementary

#B172EF #EFEF72 #72EF73

monochromatic

#7418CF #933BE9 #B172EF #CFA9F5 #EEE0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B172EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B172EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172EF

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172EF	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#498DF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D90EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A789A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.185 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9cf5',
    500: '#b172ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172ef;
$custom-light: #cb9cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.24,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67135,
    "c": 0.18528,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172EF

secondary

#DEF1CC

accent

#DC0A72

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172EF

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

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