#B0279B#B0279B

#B0279B is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.209 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0279B
RGB	rgb(176, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(309, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(309, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 11.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 64.80, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 72.20, 333.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.49% 0.1895 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(53.49% 0.209 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5468, 13.0500, 32.2301)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0279B #27B03C

analogous

#8127B0 #B0279B #B02757

triadic

#B0279B #9BB027 #279BB0

tetradic

#B0279B #B08127 #27B03C #2757B0

square

#B0279B #B08127 #27B03C #2757B0

split-complementary

#B0279B #57B027 #27B081

monochromatic

#4C1143 #7E1C6F #B0279B #D540BE #E072CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B0279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B0279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0279B

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0279B	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27589E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9335F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.209 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc71b9',
    500: '#b0279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0279b;
$custom-light: #cc71b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.197,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53494,
    "c": 0.20857,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0279B

secondary

#6CC77A

accent

#E75A41

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140911

muted

#837B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0279B

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

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