#B173AF#B173AF

#B173AF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.112 H 327.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B173AF
RGB	rgb(177, 115, 175)
HSL	hsl(302, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(302, 35%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 1.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 34.10, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 40.55, 327.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0949 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.112 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9994, 24.7050, 43.6321)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B173AF #73B175

analogous

#9473B1 #B173AF #B17390

triadic

#B173AF #AFB173 #73AFB1

tetradic

#B173AF #B19473 #73B175 #7390B1

square

#B173AF #B19473 #73B175 #7390B1

split-complementary

#B173AF #90B173 #73B194

monochromatic

#6D3D6B #945392 #B173AF #C79AC5 #DDC2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#B173AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#B173AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B173AF

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B173AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B173AF	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F83B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b173af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 115, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.112 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99cc7',
    500: '#b173af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b173af;
$custom-light: #c99cc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b173af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.935,
    "s": 28.44,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6411,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B173AF

secondary

#B3CCB4

accent

#C56663

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B173AF

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

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