#B174AE#B174AE

#B174AE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.109 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B174AE
RGB	rgb(177, 116, 174)
HSL	hsl(303, 28%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(303, 34%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 1.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 33.35, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 39.47, 327.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0931 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.109 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0163, 24.8952, 43.1550)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B174AE #74B177

analogous

#9674B1 #B174AE #B1748F

triadic

#B174AE #AEB174 #74AEB1

tetradic

#B174AE #B19674 #74B177 #748FB1

square

#B174AE #B19674 #74B177 #748FB1

split-complementary

#B174AE #8FB174 #74B196

monochromatic

#6D3D6B #945391 #B174AE #C79BC5 #DDC2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B174AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#B174AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B174AE

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B174AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B174AE	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7184B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b174ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 116, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.109 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c99dc6',
    500: '#b174ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b174ae;
$custom-light: #c99dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b174ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.951,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64238,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B174AE

secondary

#B4CDB5

accent

#C46863

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B174AE

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

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