#B178DA#B178DA

#B178DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.151 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178DA
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 218)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 45%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 40.23, -41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 58.00, 313.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% 0.0965 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.151 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5005, 27.8426, 69.7147)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178DA #A1DA78

analogous

#8078DA #B178DA #DA78D2

triadic

#B178DA #DAB178 #78DAB1

tetradic

#B178DA #DA8078 #A1DA78 #78D2DA

square

#B178DA #DA8078 #A1DA78 #78D2DA

split-complementary

#B178DA #D2DA78 #78DA80

monochromatic

#762EA9 #9548CD #B178DA #CDA8E7 #E9D8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B178DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#B178DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178DA

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178DA	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#628DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7091D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC879F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.151 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0e6',
    500: '#b178da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178da;
$custom-light: #caa0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.898,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66944,
    "c": 0.15113,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178DA

secondary

#D4E7C7

accent

#C52165

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178DA

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

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