#B178CC#B178CC

#B178CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.135 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178CC
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 204)
HSL	hsl(281, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 41.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 37.18, -34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 51.00, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.0941 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.135 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7453, 27.1405, 60.4707)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178CC #93CC78

analogous

#8778CC #B178CC #CC78BD

triadic

#B178CC #CCB178 #78CCB1

tetradic

#B178CC #CC8778 #93CC78 #78BDCC

square

#B178CC #CC8778 #93CC78 #78BDCC

split-complementary

#B178CC #BDCC78 #78CC87

monochromatic

#753792 #974CBB #B178CC #CBA4DD #E4D1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B178CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B178CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178CC

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178CC	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.135 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0dc',
    500: '#b178cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178cc;
$custom-light: #c9a0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.714,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66252,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178CC

secondary

#CBDFC1

accent

#B82D5A

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178CC

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

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