#B178DC#B178DC

#B178DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.153 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178DC
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 220)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 45.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, 40.67, -42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 59.01, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0968 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.153 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7638, 27.9479, 71.1013)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178DC #A3DC78

analogous

#7F78DC #B178DC #DC78D5

triadic

#B178DC #DCB178 #78DCB1

tetradic

#B178DC #DC7F78 #A3DC78 #78D5DC

square

#B178DC #DC7F78 #A3DC78 #78D5DC

split-complementary

#B178DC #D5DC78 #78DC7F

monochromatic

#762DAD #9547CF #B178DC #CDA9E9 #E9D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B178DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B178DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178DC

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178DC	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#608EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F91D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB88A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.153 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0e7',
    500: '#b178dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178dc;
$custom-light: #caa0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67046,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178DC

secondary

#D6E8C8

accent

#C61F67

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178DC

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

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