#B178F2#B178F2

#B178F2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.180 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178F2
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 242)
HSL	hsl(268, 82%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 50%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 50.4%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, 45.72, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 70.18, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% 0.0993 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.18 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8714, 29.1909, 87.4684)
Luminance	0.2919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178F2 #B9F278

analogous

#787CF2 #B178F2 #EE78F2

triadic

#B178F2 #F2B178 #78F2B1

tetradic

#B178F2 #F2787C #B9F278 #78F2EE

square

#B178F2 #F2787C #B9F278 #78F2EE

split-complementary

#B178F2 #F2EE78 #7CF278

monochromatic

#7115DB #9140ED #B178F2 #D1B0F7 #EFE3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B178F2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#B178F2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178F2

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178F2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178F2	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5192F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6193EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178f2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.180 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0f7',
    500: '#b178f2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178f2;
$custom-light: #cba0f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178f2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.033,
    "s": 82.432,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68233,
    "c": 0.17964,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178F2

secondary

#E4F3D3

accent

#DF077A

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F3FF

border

#D2CDD7

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178F2

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

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