#B17DB1#B17DB1

#B17DB1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.096 H 326.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17DB1
RGB	rgb(177, 125, 177)
HSL	hsl(300, 25%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(300, 29%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 28.92, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 34.87, 326.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.0799 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.096 326.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4001, 27.1898, 45.0752)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17DB1 #7DB17D

analogous

#977DB1 #B17DB1 #B17D97

triadic

#B17DB1 #B1B17D #7DB1B1

tetradic

#B17DB1 #B1977D #7DB17D #7D97B1

square

#B17DB1 #B1977D #7DB17D #7D97B1

split-complementary

#B17DB1 #97B17D #7DB197

monochromatic

#704370 #975A97 #B17DB1 #C8A3C8 #DFCADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B17DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B17DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17DB1

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17DB1	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8691AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 125, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.096 326.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a3c8',
    500: '#b17db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17db1;
$custom-light: #c9a3c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65927,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 326.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17DB1

secondary

#BBCFBB

accent

#C16666

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#130F13

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17DB1

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

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