#B173EE#B173EE

#B173EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.183 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B173EE
RGB	rgb(177, 115, 238)
HSL	hsl(270, 78%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 51.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 47.47, -53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 71.18, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.1055 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.183 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6915, 27.7819, 84.1438)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B173EE #B0EE73

analogous

#7473EE #B173EE #EE73EE

triadic

#B173EE #EEB173 #73EEB1

tetradic

#B173EE #EE7473 #B0EE73 #73EEEE

square

#B173EE #EE7473 #B0EE73 #73EEEE

split-complementary

#B173EE #EEEE73 #73EE74

monochromatic

#7419CE #933CE7 #B173EE #CFAAF5 #EEE0FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B173EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B173EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B173EE

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B173EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B173EE	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)

#4C8EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F90EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A789A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b173ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 115, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.183 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9df4',
    500: '#b173ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b173ee;
$custom-light: #cb9df4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b173ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.244,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67231,
    "c": 0.1826,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B173EE

secondary

#DEF0CD

accent

#DB0B72

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B173EE

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

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