#B174E9#B174E9

#B174E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.175 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B174E9
RGB	rgb(177, 116, 233)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 50.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, 45.79, -50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 68.05, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.1038 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.175 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0818, 27.7214, 80.3669)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B174E9 #ACE974

analogous

#7674E9 #B174E9 #E974E6

triadic

#B174E9 #E9B174 #74E9B1

tetradic

#B174E9 #E97674 #ACE974 #74E6E9

square

#B174E9 #E97674 #ACE974 #74E6E9

split-complementary

#B174E9 #E6E974 #74E976

monochromatic

#751FC4 #933FE1 #B174E9 #CFA9F1 #ECDEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#B174E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#B174E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B174E9

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B174E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B174E9	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#528EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6390E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A889A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b174e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 116, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.175 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9ef0',
    500: '#b174e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b174e9;
$custom-light: #cb9ef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b174e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.282,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67105,
    "c": 0.17521,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B174E9

secondary

#DCEECB

accent

#D5116F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B174E9

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

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