#B173DD#B173DD

#B173DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.163 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B173DD
RGB	rgb(177, 115, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 48%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 43.62, -44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 62.62, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.1039 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.163 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3109, 26.8296, 71.6057)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B173DD #9FDD73

analogous

#7C73DD #B173DD #DD73D4

triadic

#B173DD #DDB173 #73DDB1

tetradic

#B173DD #DD7C73 #9FDD73 #73D4DD

square

#B173DD #DD7C73 #9FDD73 #73D4DD

split-complementary

#B173DD #D4DD73 #73DD7C

monochromatic

#762AAC #9642D1 #B173DD #CCA4E9 #E8D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B173DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B173DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B173DD

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B173DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B173DD	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#598BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB849E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b173dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 115, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.163 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9de8',
    500: '#b173dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b173dd;
$custom-light: #ca9de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b173dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.094,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66297,
    "c": 0.16283,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B173DD

secondary

#D3E7C4

accent

#C91D64

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B173DD

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

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