#B17EC2#B17EC2

#B17EC2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.113 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17EC2
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 194)
HSL	hsl(285, 36%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 35%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 35.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, 31.75, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 42.20, 318.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.083 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.113 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3285, 28.1647, 54.6038)
Luminance	0.2816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17EC2 #8FC27E

analogous

#8F7EC2 #B17EC2 #C27EB1

triadic

#B17EC2 #C2B17E #7EC2B1

tetradic

#B17EC2 #C28F7E #8FC27E #7EB1C2

square

#B17EC2 #C28F7E #8FC27E #7EB1C2

split-complementary

#B17EC2 #B1C27E #7EC28F

monochromatic

#743F86 #9854AE #B17EC2 #CAA8D6 #E3D1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B17EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B17EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17EC2

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17EC2	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.113 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a4d4',
    500: '#b17ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17ec2;
$custom-light: #c9a4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 35.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66817,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17EC2

secondary

#C8DAC2

accent

#AF3755

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#130F14

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17EC2

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

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