#B178EE#B178EE

#B178EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.175 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178EE
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 238)
HSL	hsl(269, 78%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 49.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, 44.78, -51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 68.14, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.099 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.175 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2772, 28.9533, 84.3390)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178EE #B5EE78

analogous

#787AEE #B178EE #EC78EE

triadic

#B178EE #EEB178 #78EEB1

tetradic

#B178EE #EE787A #B5EE78 #78EEEC

square

#B178EE #EE787A #B5EE78 #78EEEC

split-complementary

#B178EE #EEEC78 #7AEE78

monochromatic

#731AD1 #9242E7 #B178EE #D0AEF5 #EFE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B178EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#B178EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178EE

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178EE	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5491F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6493EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.175 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0f4',
    500: '#b178ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178ee;
$custom-light: #cba0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.983,
    "s": 77.632,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68009,
    "c": 0.17488,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178EE

secondary

#E1F1D1

accent

#DA0C76

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FD

border

#D2CDD5

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178EE

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

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