#B172F9#B172F9

#B172F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.197 H 303.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172F9
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 249)
HSL	hsl(268, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 54.2%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 50.57, -58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 77.32, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% 0.1074 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.197 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2438, 28.2213, 92.8786)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172F9 #BAF972

analogous

#7276F9 #B172F9 #F572F9

triadic

#B172F9 #F9B172 #72F9B1

tetradic

#B172F9 #F97276 #BAF972 #72F9F5

square

#B172F9 #F97276 #BAF972 #72F9F5

split-complementary

#B172F9 #F9F572 #76F972

monochromatic

#710AE7 #9137F7 #B172F9 #D1ADFB #EFE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B172F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#B172F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172F9

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172F9	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F8FFE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5591F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A48CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.197 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9cfc',
    500: '#b172f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172f9;
$custom-light: #cc9cfc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67719,
    "c": 0.19687,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172F9

secondary

#E5F5D2

accent

#E6007A

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FF

border

#D2CCD7

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172F9

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

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