#B179F9#B179F9

#B179F9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.186 H 301.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B179F9
RGB	rgb(177, 121, 249)
HSL	hsl(266, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(266, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 51.4%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, 46.83, -56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 73.14, 309.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0986 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.186 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0638, 29.8613, 93.1519)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B179F9 #C1F979

analogous

#7981F9 #B179F9 #F179F9

triadic

#B179F9 #F9B179 #79F9B1

tetradic

#B179F9 #F97981 #C1F979 #79F9F1

square

#B179F9 #F97981 #C1F979 #79F9F1

split-complementary

#B179F9 #F9F179 #81F979

monochromatic

#6E0BED #8F3EF6 #B179F9 #D3B4FC #EEE2FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B179F9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#B179F9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B179F9

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B179F9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B179F9	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D94FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D94F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A391AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b179f9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 121, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.186 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba1fc',
    500: '#b179f9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b179f9;
$custom-light: #cba1fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b179f9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.25,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68787,
    "c": 0.18644,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B179F9

secondary

#E8F6D5

accent

#E60081

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F3FF

border

#D2CDD7

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B179F9

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

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