#B179F8#B179F8

#B179F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.185 H 302.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B179F8
RGB	rgb(177, 121, 248)
HSL	hsl(266, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 51.2%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, 46.59, -55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 72.63, 309.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0985 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.185 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9083, 29.7991, 92.3327)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B179F8 #C0F879

analogous

#7980F8 #B179F8 #F179F8

triadic

#B179F8 #F8B179 #79F8B1

tetradic

#B179F8 #F87980 #C0F879 #79F8F1

square

#B179F8 #F87980 #C0F879 #79F8F1

split-complementary

#B179F8 #F8F179 #80F879

monochromatic

#6E0CEA #8F3FF5 #B179F8 #D3B3FB #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B179F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#B179F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B179F8

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B179F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B179F8	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E93FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E94F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A491AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b179f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 121, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.185 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba1fb',
    500: '#b179f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b179f8;
$custom-light: #cba1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b179f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.457,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6873,
    "c": 0.18525,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B179F8

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E60080

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F3FF

border

#D2CDD7

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B179F8

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

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