#B178DB#B178DB

#B178DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.152 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178DB
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 219)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 45.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 40.45, -42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 58.51, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.0967 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.152 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6317, 27.8951, 70.4059)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178DB #A2DB78

analogous

#8078DB #B178DB #DB78D4

triadic

#B178DB #DBB178 #78DBB1

tetradic

#B178DB #DB8078 #A2DB78 #78D4DB

square

#B178DB #DB8078 #A2DB78 #78D4DB

split-complementary

#B178DB #D4DB78 #78DB80

monochromatic

#762EAB #9548CE #B178DB #CDA8E8 #E9D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B178DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#B178DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178DB

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178DB	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618DDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7091D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC889F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.152 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0e6',
    500: '#b178db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178db;
$custom-light: #caa0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66995,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178DB

secondary

#D5E7C7

accent

#C52066

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178DB

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

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