#B17BEE#B17BEE

#B17BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.170 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17BEE
RGB	rgb(177, 123, 238)
HSL	hsl(268, 77%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 48.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 43.15, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 66.31, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.095 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.17 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.6437, 29.6862, 84.4612)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17BEE #B8EE7B

analogous

#7B7EEE #B17BEE #EA7BEE

triadic

#B17BEE #EEB17B #7BEEB1

tetradic

#B17BEE #EE7B7E #B8EE7B #7BEEEA

square

#B17BEE #EE7B7E #B8EE7B #7BEEEA

split-complementary

#B17BEE #EEEA7B #7EEE7B

monochromatic

#721BD3 #9145E7 #B17BEE #D1B1F5 #EFE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B17BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#B17BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17BEE

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17BEE	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5993F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6894EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 123, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.170 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba2f4',
    500: '#b17bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17bee;
$custom-light: #cba2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.174,
    "s": 77.181,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68487,
    "c": 0.1702,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17BEE

secondary

#E3F2D3

accent

#D90C79

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17BEE

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

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