#B178EB#B178EB

#B178EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.171 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178EB
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 48.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, 44.08, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 66.62, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% 0.0987 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.171 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8402, 28.7784, 82.0371)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178EB #B2EB78

analogous

#7879EB #B178EB #EB78EB

triadic

#B178EB #EBB178 #78EBB1

tetradic

#B178EB #EB7879 #B2EB78 #78EBEB

square

#B178EB #EB7879 #B2EB78 #78EBEB

split-complementary

#B178EB #EBEB78 #79EB78

monochromatic

#741ECB #9243E3 #B178EB #D0ADF3 #EFE3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B178EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B178EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178EB

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178EB	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5790EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6692E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.171 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0f2',
    500: '#b178eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178eb;
$custom-light: #cba0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.739,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67844,
    "c": 0.17131,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178EB

secondary

#E0F0CF

accent

#D60F74

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178EB

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

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