#B178EA#B178EA

#B178EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.170 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178EA
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 234)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(270, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 48.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, 43.85, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 66.11, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% 0.0986 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.17 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6961, 28.7208, 81.2784)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178EA #B1EA78

analogous

#7878EA #B178EA #EA78EA

triadic

#B178EA #EAB178 #78EAB1

tetradic

#B178EA #EA7878 #B1EA78 #78EAEA

square

#B178EA #EA7878 #B1EA78 #78EAEA

split-complementary

#B178EA #EAEA78 #78EA78

monochromatic

#741FC8 #9243E2 #B178EA #D0ADF2 #EEE2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B178EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#B178EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178EA

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178EA	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5790EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6792E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.170 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0f1',
    500: '#b178ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178ea;
$custom-light: #cba0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67789,
    "c": 0.17011,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178EA

secondary

#DFEFCE

accent

#D51073

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178EA

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

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