#B178CA#B178CA

#B178CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.132 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178CA
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 40.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 36.76, -33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 50.01, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% 0.0937 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.132 315)
XYZ	xyz(35.5069, 27.0452, 59.2155)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178CA #91CA78

analogous

#8878CA #B178CA #CA78BA

triadic

#B178CA #CAB178 #78CAB1

tetradic

#B178CA #CA8878 #91CA78 #78BACA

square

#B178CA #CA8878 #91CA78 #78BACA

split-complementary

#B178CA #BACA78 #78CA88

monochromatic

#75388F #984CB9 #B178CA #CAA4DB #E4D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#B178CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#B178CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178CA

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178CA	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.132 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0da',
    500: '#b178ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178ca;
$custom-light: #c9a0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.707,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66157,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.27044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178CA

secondary

#C9DEC0

accent

#B72F58

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178CA

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

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