#B178C9#B178C9

#B178C9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.131 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178C9
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 201)
HSL	hsl(282, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 40.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 36.55, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 49.52, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.11% 0.0935 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(66.11% 0.131 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3889, 26.9979, 58.5939)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178C9 #90C978

analogous

#8878C9 #B178C9 #C978B8

triadic

#B178C9 #C9B178 #78C9B1

tetradic

#B178C9 #C98878 #90C978 #78B8C9

square

#B178C9 #C98878 #90C978 #78B8C9

split-complementary

#B178C9 #B8C978 #78C988

monochromatic

#75398E #984CB8 #B178C9 #CAA4DA #E4CFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B178C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#B178C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178C9

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178C9	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.131 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0d9',
    500: '#b178c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178c9;
$custom-light: #c9a0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.222,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6611,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178C9

secondary

#C8DDC0

accent

#B63057

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130F14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178C9

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

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