#B169B4#B169B4

#B169B4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.135 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B169B4
RGB	rgb(177, 105, 180)
HSL	hsl(298, 33%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(298, 42%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 41.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 40.50, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 49.17, 325.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.1114 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.135 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4205, 22.7469, 45.9067)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B169B4 #6CB469

analogous

#8B69B4 #B169B4 #B46991

triadic

#B169B4 #B4B169 #69B4B1

tetradic

#B169B4 #B48B69 #6CB469 #6991B4

square

#B169B4 #B48B69 #6CB469 #6991B4

split-complementary

#B169B4 #91B469 #69B48B

monochromatic

#6A366C #924B95 #B169B4 #C692C8 #DBBBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B169B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#B169B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B169B4

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B169B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B169B4	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7586B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b169b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 105, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.135 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca96ca',
    500: '#b169b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b169b4;
$custom-light: #ca96ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b169b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6269,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B169B4

secondary

#AECCAD

accent

#C95E63

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130D13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B169B4

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

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