#B178F9#B178F9

#B178F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.188 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178F9
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 249)
HSL	hsl(267, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 51.8%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, 47.37, -56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 73.74, 309.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.0999 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.188 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9429, 29.6195, 93.1116)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178F9 #C0F978

analogous

#787FF9 #B178F9 #F278F9

triadic

#B178F9 #F9B178 #78F9B1

tetradic

#B178F9 #F9787F #C0F978 #78F9F2

square

#B178F9 #F9787F #C0F978 #78F9F2

split-complementary

#B178F9 #F9F278 #7FF978

monochromatic

#6E0AEC #8F3DF6 #B178F9 #D3B3FC #EEE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B178F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#B178F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178F9

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178F9	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B93FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C94F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A390AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.188 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0fc',
    500: '#b178f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178f9;
$custom-light: #cba0fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.512,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68632,
    "c": 0.18795,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178F9

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E60080

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F3FF

border

#D2CDD7

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178F9

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

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