#B179BB#B179BB

#B179BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.114 H 321.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B179BB
RGB	rgb(177, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(291, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, 33.11, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 42.11, 321.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0888 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.114 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9374, 26.6108, 50.3527)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B179BB #83BB79

analogous

#9079BB #B179BB #BB79A4

triadic

#B179BB #BBB179 #79BBB1

tetradic

#B179BB #BB9079 #83BB79 #79A4BB

square

#B179BB #BB9079 #83BB79 #79A4BB

split-complementary

#B179BB #A4BB79 #79BB90

monochromatic

#723E7B #9853A4 #B179BB #C9A2D0 #E0CAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#B179BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#B179BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B179BB

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B179BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B179BB	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7189BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b179bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.114 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0cf',
    500: '#b179bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b179bb;
$custom-light: #c9a0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b179bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.909,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65646,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B179BB

secondary

#BFD5BB

accent

#AB3A4B

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B179BB

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

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