#B173CD#B173CD

#B173CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.144 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B173CD
RGB	rgb(177, 115, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 43.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 40.14, -37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 54.67, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% 0.1015 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.144 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2799, 26.0172, 60.9091)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B173CD #8FCD73

analogous

#8473CD #B173CD #CD73BC

triadic

#B173CD #CDB173 #73CDB1

tetradic

#B173CD #CD8473 #8FCD73 #73BCCD

square

#B173CD #CD8473 #8FCD73 #73BCCD

split-complementary

#B173CD #BCCD73 #73CD84

monochromatic

#743492 #9846BD #B173CD #CAA0DD #E3CDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#B173CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#B173CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B173CD

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B173CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B173CD	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6288D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b173cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 115, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.144 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9ddc',
    500: '#b173cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b173cd;
$custom-light: #ca9ddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b173cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65479,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B173CD

secondary

#C8DEBE

accent

#BB2B58

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B173CD

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

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