#B17ABE#B17ABE

#B17ABE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.115 H 319.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17ABE
RGB	rgb(177, 122, 190)
HSL	hsl(289, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 35.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, 33.16, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 42.89, 320.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% 0.088 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.115 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3841, 26.9849, 52.1026)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17ABE #87BE7A

analogous

#8F7ABE #B17ABE #BE7AA9

triadic

#B17ABE #BEB17A #7ABEB1

tetradic

#B17ABE #BE8F7A #87BE7A #7AA9BE

square

#B17ABE #BE8F7A #87BE7A #7AA9BE

split-complementary

#B17ABE #A9BE7A #7ABE8F

monochromatic

#733E7F #9852A8 #B17ABE #C9A3D2 #E1CCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B17ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#B17ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17ABE

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17ABE	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718AC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 122, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.115 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a1d1',
    500: '#b17abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17abe;
$custom-light: #c9a1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.529,
    "s": 34.343,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65949,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17ABE

secondary

#C2D7BD

accent

#AD384F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F3F9

border

#D1CDD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17ABE

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

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