#B178DD#B178DD

#B178DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.155 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178DD
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 45.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, 40.90, -43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 59.52, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.097 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.155 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8966, 28.0010, 71.8009)
Luminance	0.2800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178DD #A4DD78

analogous

#7F78DD #B178DD #DD78D7

triadic

#B178DD #DDB178 #78DDB1

tetradic

#B178DD #DD7F78 #A4DD78 #78D7DD

square

#B178DD #DD7F78 #A4DD78 #78D7DD

split-complementary

#B178DD #D7DD78 #78DD7F

monochromatic

#762CAF #9547D1 #B178DD #CDA9E9 #E9DAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B178DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B178DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178DD

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178DD	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#608EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F91DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB88A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.155 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0e8',
    500: '#b178dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178dd;
$custom-light: #caa0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.861,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67098,
    "c": 0.15468,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178DD

secondary

#D6E9C8

accent

#C71E68

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178DD

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

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