#B173BC#B173BC

#B173BC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.126 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B173BC
RGB	rgb(177, 115, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(291, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 38.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 36.63, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 46.48, 322.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.0981 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.126 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3382, 25.2405, 50.6830)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B173BC #7EBC73

analogous

#8D73BC #B173BC #BC73A3

triadic

#B173BC #BCB173 #73BCB1

tetradic

#B173BC #BC8D73 #7EBC73 #73A3BC

square

#B173BC #BC8D73 #7EBC73 #73A3BC

split-complementary

#B173BC #A3BC73 #73BC8D

monochromatic

#713A7A #974EA4 #B173BC #C89CD0 #DFC6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#B173BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#B173BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B173BC

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B173BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B173BC	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A85BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b173bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 115, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.126 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99cd0',
    500: '#b173bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b173bc;
$custom-light: #c99cd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b173bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.959,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64676,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B173BC

secondary

#BBD4B7

accent

#CB5C6D

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130E14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B173BC

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

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