#B179CD#B179CD

#B179CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.134 H 313.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B179CD
RGB	rgb(177, 121, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 41%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, 36.84, -35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 50.86, 316.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.0928 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.134 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9865, 27.4304, 61.1446)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B179CD #95CD79

analogous

#8779CD #B179CD #CD79BF

triadic

#B179CD #CDB179 #79CDB1

tetradic

#B179CD #CD8779 #95CD79 #79BFCD

square

#B179CD #CD8779 #95CD79 #79BFCD

split-complementary

#B179CD #BFCD79 #79CD87

monochromatic

#753794 #974CBC #B179CD #CBA6DE #E5D2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B179CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B179CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B179CD

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B179CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B179CD	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b179cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 121, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.134 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a1dc',
    500: '#b179cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b179cd;
$custom-light: #c9a1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b179cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66467,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B179CD

secondary

#CCE0C2

accent

#B92D5B

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B179CD

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

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