#B174DD#B174DD

#B174DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.161 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B174DD
RGB	rgb(177, 116, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 47.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, 43.08, -44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 62.00, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% 0.1025 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.161 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4255, 27.0589, 71.6439)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B174DD #A0DD74

analogous

#7C74DD #B174DD #DD74D4

triadic

#B174DD #DDB174 #74DDB1

tetradic

#B174DD #DD7C74 #A0DD74 #74D4DD

square

#B174DD #DD7C74 #A0DD74 #74D4DD

split-complementary

#B174DD #D4DD74 #74DD7C

monochromatic

#762AAC #9543D1 #B174DD #CDA5E9 #E8D6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B174DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#B174DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B174DD

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B174DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B174DD	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A8BE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B8FDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB859E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b174dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 116, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.161 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9de8',
    500: '#b174dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b174dd;
$custom-light: #ca9de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b174dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66456,
    "c": 0.16121,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B174DD

secondary

#D4E8C5

accent

#C81D65

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B174DD

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

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