#B172AA#B172AA

#B172AA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.109 H 330.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B172AA
RGB	rgb(177, 114, 170)
HSL	hsl(307, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(307, 36%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 33.71, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 39.05, 329.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.0951 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.109 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4040, 24.2854, 41.0558)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B172AA #72B179

analogous

#9972B1 #B172AA #B1728B

triadic

#B172AA #AAB172 #72AAB1

tetradic

#B172AA #B19972 #72B179 #728BB1

square

#B172AA #B19972 #72B179 #728BB1

split-complementary

#B172AA #8BB172 #72B199

monochromatic

#6D3C67 #94528D #B172AA #C799C2 #DDC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B172AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#B172AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B172AA

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B172AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B172AA	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7082AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b172aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 114, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.109 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99bc3',
    500: '#b172aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b172aa;
$custom-light: #c99bc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b172aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.667,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63734,
    "c": 0.10901,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B172AA

secondary

#B3CCB5

accent

#C56E63

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B172AA

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

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