#B178CD#B178CD

#B178CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.136 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178CD
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 205)
HSL	hsl(280, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 41.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 37.40, -35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 51.50, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.0943 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.136 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8656, 27.1886, 61.1043)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178CD #94CD78

analogous

#8678CD #B178CD #CD78BE

triadic

#B178CD #CDB178 #78CDB1

tetradic

#B178CD #CD8678 #94CD78 #78BECD

square

#B178CD #CD8678 #94CD78 #78BECD

split-complementary

#B178CD #BECD78 #78CD86

monochromatic

#753794 #974BBC #B178CD #CBA5DE #E5D1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B178CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B178CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178CD

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178CD	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.136 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0dc',
    500: '#b178cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178cd;
$custom-light: #caa0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.235,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.663,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178CD

secondary

#CBDFC1

accent

#B92C5B

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178CD

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

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