#B172F0#B172F0

#B172F0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.186 H 305.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172F0
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 240)
HSL	hsl(270, 81%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 52.5%, 0%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, 48.47, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 72.79, 311.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.1069 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.186 305)
XYZ	xyz(39.8736, 27.6732, 85.6620)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172F0 #B1F072

analogous

#7272F0 #B172F0 #F072F0

triadic

#B172F0 #F0B172 #72F0B1

tetradic

#B172F0 #F07272 #B1F072 #72F0F0

square

#B172F0 #F07272 #B1F072 #72F0F0

split-complementary

#B172F0 #F0F072 #72F072

monochromatic

#7416D1 #923BEA #B172F0 #D0A9F6 #EEE1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B172F0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B172F0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172F0

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172F0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172F0	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#488EF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C90ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A689A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172f0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 240);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.186 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9cf5',
    500: '#b172f0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172f0;
$custom-light: #cb9cf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172f0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 240
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 80.769,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67193,
    "c": 0.18645,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.27673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172F0

secondary

#DFF1CD

accent

#DD0873

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172F0

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

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