#B4179C#B4179C

#B4179C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.224 H 336.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4179C
RGB	rgb(180, 23, 156)
HSL	hsl(309, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(309, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.2%, 13.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 69.46, -33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 76.98, 334.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.2043 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.224 336.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1300, 12.7188, 32.5776)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4179C #17B42F

analogous

#7E17B4 #B4179C #B4174E

triadic

#B4179C #9CB417 #179CB4

tetradic

#B4179C #B47E17 #17B42F #174EB4

square

#B4179C #B47E17 #17B42F #174EB4

split-complementary

#B4179C #4EB417 #17B47E

monochromatic

#47093E #7E106D #B4179C #E325C6 #EA5BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#B4179C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B4179C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B4179C

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4179C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B4179C	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A569F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE285D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4179c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 23, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.224 336.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6db9',
    500: '#b4179c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4179c;
$custom-light: #cf6db9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4179c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.172,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53285,
    "c": 0.22355,
    "h": 336.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4179C

secondary

#59CE6B

accent

#F45134

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140811

muted

#837B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4179C

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

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