#B17EC3#B17EC3

#B17EC3 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.114 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B17EC3
RGB	rgb(177, 126, 195)
HSL	hsl(284, 37%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 35%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 35.4%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.08, 31.96, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.08, 42.69, 318.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% 0.0832 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.114 317)
XYZ	xyz(35.4412, 28.2098, 55.1972)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B17EC3 #90C37E

analogous

#8E7EC3 #B17EC3 #C37EB2

triadic

#B17EC3 #C3B17E #7EC3B1

tetradic

#B17EC3 #C38E7E #90C37E #7EB2C3

square

#B17EC3 #C38E7E #90C37E #7EB2C3

split-complementary

#B17EC3 #B2C37E #7EC38E

monochromatic

#753F88 #9854B0 #B17EC3 #CAA8D6 #E4D2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B17EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#B17EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B17EC3

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B17EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B17EC3	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8092C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b17ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 126, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.114 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a4d5',
    500: '#b17ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b17ec3;
$custom-light: #c9a4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b17ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.348,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66861,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.28209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B17EC3

secondary

#C8DBC2

accent

#AF3656

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#130F14

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B17EC3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →