#B17BE4#B17BE4

#B17BE4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.158 H 306.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17BE4
RGB	rgb(177, 123, 228)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(271, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 46.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 40.84, -45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 61.20, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% 0.0938 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.158 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2152, 29.1148, 76.9376)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17BE4 #AEE47B

analogous

#7D7BE4 #B17BE4 #E47BE3

triadic

#B17BE4 #E4B17B #7BE4B1

tetradic

#B17BE4 #E47D7B #AEE47B #7BE3E4

square

#B17BE4 #E47D7B #AEE47B #7BE3E4

split-complementary

#B17BE4 #E3E47B #7BE47D

monochromatic

#7427BE #9348DA #B17BE4 #CFAEEE #EDE1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B17BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B17BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17BE4

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17BE4	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)

#6091E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E93E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 123, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.158 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa2ed',
    500: '#b17be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17be4;
$custom-light: #caa2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67951,
    "c": 0.15814,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17BE4

secondary

#DDEDCE

accent

#CE1870

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17BE4

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

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