#B173CB#B173CB

#B173CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.142 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B173CB
RGB	rgb(177, 115, 203)
HSL	hsl(282, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(282, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 43.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 39.72, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 53.69, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% 0.1012 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.142 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0400, 25.9213, 59.6458)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B173CB #8DCB73

analogous

#8573CB #B173CB #CB73B9

triadic

#B173CB #CBB173 #73CBB1

tetradic

#B173CB #CB8573 #8DCB73 #73B9CB

square

#B173CB #CB8573 #8DCB73 #73B9CB

split-complementary

#B173CB #B9CB73 #73CB85

monochromatic

#74358F #9846BA #B173CB #CAA0DC #E3CCEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B173CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B173CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B173CB

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B173CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B173CB	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6388CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b173cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 115, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.142 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9ddb',
    500: '#b173cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b173cb;
$custom-light: #ca9ddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b173cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.273,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6538,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B173CB

secondary

#C6DDBD

accent

#B92C56

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B173CB

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

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