#B172F6#B172F6

#B172F6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.193 H 303.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172F6
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 246)
HSL	hsl(269, 88%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 54%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 53.7%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 49.87, -57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 75.81, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.1073 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.193 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7796, 28.0357, 90.4340)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172F6 #B7F672

analogous

#7275F6 #B172F6 #F372F6

triadic

#B172F6 #F6B172 #72F6B1

tetradic

#B172F6 #F67275 #B7F672 #72F6F3

square

#B172F6 #F67275 #B7F672 #72F6F3

split-complementary

#B172F6 #F6F372 #75F672

monochromatic

#720EDF #9138F2 #B172F6 #D1ACFA #EFE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B172F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B172F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172F6

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172F6	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#428FFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5790F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.193 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9cfa',
    500: '#b172f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172f6;
$custom-light: #cc9cfa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.636,
    "s": 88,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67541,
    "c": 0.1934,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172F6

secondary

#E3F4D0

accent

#E50178

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FF

border

#D2CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172F6

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

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