#B178CE#B178CE

#B178CE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.137 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178CE
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 41.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 37.61, -35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 51.99, 316.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0945 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.137 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9867, 27.2370, 61.7421)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178CE #95CE78

analogous

#8678CE #B178CE #CE78C0

triadic

#B178CE #CEB178 #78CEB1

tetradic

#B178CE #CE8678 #95CE78 #78C0CE

square

#B178CE #CE8678 #95CE78 #78C0CE

split-complementary

#B178CE #C0CE78 #78CE86

monochromatic

#753695 #974BBE #B178CE #CBA5DE #E5D2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B178CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#B178CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178CE

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178CE	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.137 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0dd',
    500: '#b178ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178ce;
$custom-light: #caa0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.767,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66348,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178CE

secondary

#CCE0C2

accent

#BA2C5C

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178CE

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

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