#B178ED#B178ED

#B178ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.174 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178ED
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 237)
HSL	hsl(269, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 49.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, 44.55, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 67.64, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% 0.0989 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.174 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1307, 28.8947, 83.5674)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178ED #B4ED78

analogous

#7879ED #B178ED #EC78ED

triadic

#B178ED #EDB178 #78EDB1

tetradic

#B178ED #ED7879 #B4ED78 #78EDEC

square

#B178ED #ED7879 #B4ED78 #78EDEC

split-complementary

#B178ED #EDEC78 #79ED78

monochromatic

#731CCF #9242E6 #B178ED #D0AEF4 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B178ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#B178ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178ED

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178ED	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5591F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6593EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.174 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0f3',
    500: '#b178ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178ed;
$custom-light: #cba0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.231,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67954,
    "c": 0.17368,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178ED

secondary

#E1F1D0

accent

#D90D75

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178ED

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

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