#B178C8#B178C8

#B178C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.130 H 315.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178C8
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 200)
HSL	hsl(283, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(283, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 40%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, 36.34, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 49.03, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% 0.0933 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.13 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2717, 26.9510, 57.9764)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178C8 #8FC878

analogous

#8978C8 #B178C8 #C878B7

triadic

#B178C8 #C8B178 #78C8B1

tetradic

#B178C8 #C88978 #8FC878 #78B7C8

square

#B178C8 #C88978 #8FC878 #78B7C8

split-complementary

#B178C8 #B7C878 #78C889

monochromatic

#74398C #984DB6 #B178C8 #CAA3DA #E3CFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B178C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#B178C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178C8

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178C8	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.130 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0d9',
    500: '#b178c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178c8;
$custom-light: #c9a0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66063,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178C8

secondary

#C8DCBF

accent

#B53057

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130F14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178C8

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

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