#B0279E#B0279E

#B0279E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.211 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0279E
RGB	rgb(176, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(308, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(308, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 10.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.99, 65.24, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.99, 73.29, 332.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.1897 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.211 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8018, 13.1520, 33.5735)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0279E #27B039

analogous

#7D27B0 #B0279E #B0275A

triadic

#B0279E #9EB027 #279EB0

tetradic

#B0279E #B07D27 #27B039 #275AB0

square

#B0279E #B07D27 #27B039 #275AB0

split-complementary

#B0279E #5AB027 #27B07D

monochromatic

#4C1144 #7E1C71 #B0279E #D540C1 #E072D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#B0279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B0279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0279E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0279E	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2459A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.211 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc71bb',
    500: '#b0279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0279e;
$custom-light: #cc71bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.883,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53654,
    "c": 0.21064,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0279E

secondary

#6CC778

accent

#E75741

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0279E

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

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