#B173EF#B173EF

#B173EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.184 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B173EF
RGB	rgb(177, 115, 239)
HSL	hsl(270, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 51.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 47.71, -53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 71.68, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% 0.1056 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.184 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8389, 27.8408, 84.9197)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B173EF #B1EF73

analogous

#7373EF #B173EF #EF73EF

triadic

#B173EF #EFB173 #73EFB1

tetradic

#B173EF #EF7373 #B1EF73 #73EFEF

square

#B173EF #EF7373 #B1EF73 #73EFEF

split-complementary

#B173EF #EFEF73 #73EF73

monochromatic

#7418D0 #923CE9 #B173EF #D0AAF5 #EEE1FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B173EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B173EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B173EF

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B173EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B173EF	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B8EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E90EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78AA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b173ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 115, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.184 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9df5',
    500: '#b173ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b173ef;
$custom-light: #cb9df5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b173ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67288,
    "c": 0.18376,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B173EF

secondary

#DFF1CD

accent

#DC0A73

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B173EF

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

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