#B178DF#B178DF

#B178DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.157 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178DF
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 223)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 46.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 41.35, -44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 60.53, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% 0.0972 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.157 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1646, 28.1082, 73.2126)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178DF #A6DF78

analogous

#7E78DF #B178DF #DF78DA

triadic

#B178DF #DFB178 #78DFB1

tetradic

#B178DF #DF7E78 #A6DF78 #78DADF

square

#B178DF #DF7E78 #A6DF78 #78DADF

split-complementary

#B178DF #DADF78 #78DF7E

monochromatic

#762AB2 #9447D3 #B178DF #CEA9EB #EADBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B178DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#B178DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178DF

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178DF	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8EE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E91DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB89A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.157 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0e9',
    500: '#b178df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178df;
$custom-light: #caa0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.204,
    "s": 61.677,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67202,
    "c": 0.15704,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178DF

secondary

#D8EAC9

accent

#C91C69

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178DF

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

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