#B178CB#B178CB

#B178CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.134 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178CB
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 203)
HSL	hsl(281, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(281, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 40.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 36.97, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 50.51, 317.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.0939 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.134 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6257, 27.0927, 59.8410)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178CB #92CB78

analogous

#8778CB #B178CB #CB78BB

triadic

#B178CB #CBB178 #78CBB1

tetradic

#B178CB #CB8778 #92CB78 #78BBCB

square

#B178CB #CB8778 #92CB78 #78BBCB

split-complementary

#B178CB #BBCB78 #78CB87

monochromatic

#753891 #974CBA #B178CB #CBA4DC #E4D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B178CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B178CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178CB

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178CB	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.134 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0db',
    500: '#b178cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178cb;
$custom-light: #c9a0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.205,
    "s": 44.385,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66204,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178CB

secondary

#CADEC1

accent

#B82E59

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178CB

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

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