#B17AE8#B17AE8

#B17AE8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.165 H 305.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17AE8
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 232)
HSL	hsl(270, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 47.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 42.30, -47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 63.86, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0957 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.165 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6535, 29.0926, 79.8547)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17AE8 #B1E87A

analogous

#7A7AE8 #B17AE8 #E87AE8

triadic

#B17AE8 #E8B17A #7AE8B1

tetradic

#B17AE8 #E87A7A #B1E87A #7AE8E8

square

#B17AE8 #E87A7A #B1E87A #7AE8E8

split-complementary

#B17AE8 #E8E87A #7AE87A

monochromatic

#7422C5 #9246DF #B17AE8 #D0AEF1 #EEE2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B17AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B17AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17AE8

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17AE8	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C91EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A93E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.165 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa2f0',
    500: '#b17ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17ae8;
$custom-light: #caa2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68001,
    "c": 0.16456,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17AE8

secondary

#DFEFCF

accent

#D31373

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FD

border

#D2CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17AE8

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

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