#B170AE#B170AE

#B170AE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.117 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B170AE
RGB	rgb(177, 112, 174)
HSL	hsl(303, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(303, 37%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 1.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 35.56, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 42.06, 327.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.0993 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.117 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5651, 23.9928, 43.0046)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B170AE #70B173

analogous

#9470B1 #B170AE #B1708E

triadic

#B170AE #AEB170 #70AEB1

tetradic

#B170AE #B19470 #70B173 #708EB1

square

#B170AE #B19470 #70B173 #708EB1

split-complementary

#B170AE #8EB170 #70B194

monochromatic

#6C3B6A #935090 #B170AE #C798C4 #DCBFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B170AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B170AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B170AE

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B170AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B170AE	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C81B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b170ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 112, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.117 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99ac6',
    500: '#b170ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b170ae;
$custom-light: #c99ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b170ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.769,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63564,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B170AE

secondary

#B1CCB2

accent

#C66762

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B170AE

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

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