#B178E8#B178E8

#B178E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.168 H 305.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178E8
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 232)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(271, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 48.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 43.39, -48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 65.09, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.0984 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.168 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4104, 28.6065, 79.7737)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178E8 #AFE878

analogous

#7978E8 #B178E8 #E878E7

triadic

#B178E8 #E8B178 #78E8B1

tetradic

#B178E8 #E87978 #AFE878 #78E7E8

square

#B178E8 #E87978 #AFE878 #78E7E8

split-complementary

#B178E8 #E7E878 #78E879

monochromatic

#7421C4 #9344DF #B178E8 #CFACF1 #EDE1FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B178E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#B178E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178E8

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178E8	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5990EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6892E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.168 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0f0',
    500: '#b178e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178e8;
$custom-light: #cba0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.536,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6768,
    "c": 0.16774,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178E8

secondary

#DEEECD

accent

#D31371

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178E8

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

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