#B172F2#B172F2

#B172F2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.189 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172F2
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 242)
HSL	hsl(270, 83%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 53%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 52.9%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 48.93, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 73.79, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.1071 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.189 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1723, 27.7927, 87.2354)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172F2 #B3F272

analogous

#7273F2 #B172F2 #F172F2

triadic

#B172F2 #F2B172 #72F2B1

tetradic

#B172F2 #F27273 #B3F272 #72F2F1

square

#B172F2 #F27273 #B3F272 #72F2F1

split-complementary

#B172F2 #F2F172 #73F272

monochromatic

#7314D6 #923AED #B172F2 #D0AAF7 #EFE2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B172F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B172F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172F2

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172F2	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#478EF6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B90EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68AA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.189 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9cf7',
    500: '#b172f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172f2;
$custom-light: #cb9cf7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.531,
    "s": 83.117,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67308,
    "c": 0.18876,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172F2

secondary

#E0F2CE

accent

#E00674

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FF

border

#D2CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172F2

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

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