#B178D9#B178D9

#B178D9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.150 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178D9
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 217)
HSL	hsl(275, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 44.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 40.01, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 57.50, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.0964 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.15 310)
XYZ	xyz(37.3700, 27.7904, 69.0276)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178D9 #A0D978

analogous

#8078D9 #B178D9 #D978D0

triadic

#B178D9 #D9B178 #78D9B1

tetradic

#B178D9 #D98078 #A0D978 #78D0D9

square

#B178D9 #D98078 #A0D978 #78D0D9

split-complementary

#B178D9 #D0D978 #78D980

monochromatic

#762FA7 #9548CC #B178D9 #CDA8E6 #E8D8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B178D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B178D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178D9

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178D9	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#628DDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7191D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC879E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.150 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0e5',
    500: '#b178d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178d9;
$custom-light: #caa0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.258,
    "s": 56.069,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66893,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.2779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178D9

secondary

#D4E6C6

accent

#C42265

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178D9

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

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