#B178F5#B178F5

#B178F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.183 H 302.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178F5
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 245)
HSL	hsl(267, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 51%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 46.42, -54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 71.71, 310.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0996 -0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.183 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.3257, 29.3726, 89.8608)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178F5 #BCF578

analogous

#787EF5 #B178F5 #F078F5

triadic

#B178F5 #F5B178 #78F5B1

tetradic

#B178F5 #F5787E #BCF578 #78F5F0

square

#B178F5 #F5787E #BCF578 #78F5F0

split-complementary

#B178F5 #F5F078 #7EF578

monochromatic

#7011E2 #903FF1 #B178F5 #D2B1F9 #EFE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B178F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#B178F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178F5

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178F5	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F92F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F93F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.183 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0f9',
    500: '#b178f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178f5;
$custom-light: #cba0f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.36,
    "s": 86.207,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68403,
    "c": 0.1832,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178F5

secondary

#E6F4D4

accent

#E3037D

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F3FF

border

#D2CDD7

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178F5

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

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