#B178C1#B178C1

#B178C1 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.122 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178C1
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 193)
HSL	hsl(287, 37%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(287, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 37.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 34.88, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 45.63, 319.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.0918 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.122 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4723, 26.6313, 53.7662)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178C1 #88C178

analogous

#8D78C1 #B178C1 #C178AD

triadic

#B178C1 #C1B178 #78C1B1

tetradic

#B178C1 #C18D78 #88C178 #78ADC1

square

#B178C1 #C18D78 #88C178 #78ADC1

split-complementary

#B178C1 #ADC178 #78C18D

monochromatic

#733C83 #984FAD #B178C1 #C9A2D4 #E1CCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#B178C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#B178C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178C1

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178C1	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E89C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.122 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0d4',
    500: '#b178c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178c1;
$custom-light: #c9a0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.849,
    "s": 37.056,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65741,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178C1

secondary

#C3D8BD

accent

#B03650

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130F14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178C1

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

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