#B179CE#B179CE

#B179CE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.135 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B179CE
RGB	rgb(177, 121, 206)
HSL	hsl(280, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 41.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 37.06, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 51.35, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% 0.093 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.135 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1076, 27.4788, 61.7824)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B179CE #96CE79

analogous

#8779CE #B179CE #CE79C1

triadic

#B179CE #CEB179 #79CEB1

tetradic

#B179CE #CE8779 #96CE79 #79C1CE

square

#B179CE #CE8779 #96CE79 #79C1CE

split-complementary

#B179CE #C1CE79 #79CE87

monochromatic

#753796 #974CBE #B179CE #CBA6DE #E5D3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B179CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#B179CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B179CE

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B179CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B179CE	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698CD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF859A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b179ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 121, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.135 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa1dd',
    500: '#b179ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b179ce;
$custom-light: #caa1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b179ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.529,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66515,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B179CE

secondary

#CDE0C3

accent

#BA2C5C

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B179CE

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

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