#B178F8#B178F8

#B178F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.187 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178F8
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 248)
HSL	hsl(267, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 52%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 51.6%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, 47.13, -56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 73.23, 310.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0998 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.187 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7874, 29.5573, 92.2924)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178F8 #BFF878

analogous

#787FF8 #B178F8 #F178F8

triadic

#B178F8 #F8B178 #78F8B1

tetradic

#B178F8 #F8787F #BFF878 #78F8F1

square

#B178F8 #F8787F #BFF878 #78F8F1

split-complementary

#B178F8 #F8F178 #7FF878

monochromatic

#6F0CE9 #8F3EF5 #B178F8 #D3B2FB #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B178F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#B178F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178F8

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178F8	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C93FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D94F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A490AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.187 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0fb',
    500: '#b178f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178f8;
$custom-light: #cba0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.719,
    "s": 90.141,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68574,
    "c": 0.18676,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178F8

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E6007F

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F3FF

border

#D2CDD7

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178F8

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

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