#B178F3#B178F3

#B178F3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.181 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178F3
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 243)
HSL	hsl(268, 84%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 51%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 50.6%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 45.95, -53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 70.69, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0994 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.181 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0220, 29.2512, 88.2615)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178F3 #BAF378

analogous

#787CF3 #B178F3 #EE78F3

triadic

#B178F3 #F3B178 #78F3B1

tetradic

#B178F3 #F3787C #BAF378 #78F3EE

square

#B178F3 #F3787C #BAF378 #78F3EE

split-complementary

#B178F3 #F3EE78 #7CF378

monochromatic

#7114DD #9140EE #B178F3 #D1B0F8 #EFE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B178F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#B178F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178F3

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178F3	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5092F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6193F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.181 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0f7',
    500: '#b178f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178f3;
$custom-light: #cba0f7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.805,
    "s": 83.673,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68289,
    "c": 0.18082,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178F3

secondary

#E5F4D3

accent

#E0057B

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F3FF

border

#D2CDD7

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178F3

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

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