#B178DE#B178DE

#B178DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.156 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178DE
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 222)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 45.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, 41.12, -43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 60.02, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0971 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.156 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0302, 28.0545, 72.5047)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178DE #A5DE78

analogous

#7E78DE #B178DE #DE78D8

triadic

#B178DE #DEB178 #78DEB1

tetradic

#B178DE #DE7E78 #A5DE78 #78D8DE

square

#B178DE #DE7E78 #A5DE78 #78D8DE

split-complementary

#B178DE #D8DE78 #78DE7E

monochromatic

#762BB0 #9547D2 #B178DE #CDA9EA #EADAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B178DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B178DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178DE

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178DE	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E91DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB88A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.156 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0e8',
    500: '#b178de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178de;
$custom-light: #caa0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6715,
    "c": 0.15586,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178DE

secondary

#D7E9C9

accent

#C81D69

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178DE

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

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