#B178EC#B178EC

#B178EC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.172 H 304.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178EC
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 236)
HSL	hsl(269, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 49.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 44.32, -50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 67.13, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% 0.0988 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.172 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9850, 28.8364, 82.8001)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178EC #B3EC78

analogous

#7879EC #B178EC #EB78EC

triadic

#B178EC #ECB178 #78ECB1

tetradic

#B178EC #EC7879 #B3EC78 #78ECEB

square

#B178EC #EC7879 #B3EC78 #78ECEB

split-complementary

#B178EC #ECEB78 #79EC78

monochromatic

#731DCD #9242E4 #B178EC #D0AEF4 #EFE3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B178EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B178EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178EC

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178EC	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5691F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6692E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.172 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0f2',
    500: '#b178ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178ec;
$custom-light: #cba0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.483,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67899,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178EC

secondary

#E0F0D0

accent

#D70E74

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178EC

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

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