#B181BD#B181BD

#B181BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.102 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B181BD
RGB	rgb(177, 129, 189)
HSL	hsl(288, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(288, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 29.05, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 37.81, 320.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% 0.0771 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.102 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1658, 28.7226, 51.8258)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B181BD #8DBD81

analogous

#9381BD #B181BD #BD81AB

triadic

#B181BD #BDB181 #81BDB1

tetradic

#B181BD #BD9381 #8DBD81 #81ABBD

square

#B181BD #BD9381 #8DBD81 #81ABBD

split-complementary

#B181BD #ABBD81 #81BD93

monochromatic

#744380 #9859A8 #B181BD #CAA9D2 #E3D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B181BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#B181BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B181BD

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B181BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B181BD	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b181bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 129, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.102 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a6d1',
    500: '#b181bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b181bd;
$custom-light: #c9a6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b181bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67131,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B181BD

secondary

#C6D8C2

accent

#AA3C52

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B181BD

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

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