#B178D5#B178D5

#B178D5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.145 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178D5
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 213)
HSL	hsl(277, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(277, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 43.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, 39.13, -39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 55.49, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% 0.0957 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.145 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8560, 27.5848, 66.3207)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178D5 #9CD578

analogous

#8278D5 #B178D5 #D578CA

triadic

#B178D5 #D5B178 #78D5B1

tetradic

#B178D5 #D58278 #9CD578 #78CAD5

square

#B178D5 #D58278 #9CD578 #78CAD5

split-complementary

#B178D5 #CAD578 #78D582

monochromatic

#7632A1 #9649C6 #B178D5 #CCA7E4 #E7D5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B178D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#B178D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178D5

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178D5	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#648CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7390D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD869C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.145 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0e2',
    500: '#b178d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178d5;
$custom-light: #caa0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.774,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66692,
    "c": 0.14524,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178D5

secondary

#D1E4C5

accent

#C02661

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178D5

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

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