#B271C9#B271C9

#B271C9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.144 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B271C9
RGB	rgb(178, 113, 201)
HSL	hsl(284, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 43.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 40.68, -35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 54.07, 318.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% 0.1049 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.144 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8063, 25.4933, 58.3342)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B271C9 #88C971

analogous

#8671C9 #B271C9 #C971B4

triadic

#B271C9 #C9B271 #71C9B2

tetradic

#B271C9 #C98671 #88C971 #71B4C9

square

#B271C9 #C98671 #88C971 #71B4C9

split-complementary

#B271C9 #B4C971 #71C986

monochromatic

#74358B #9946B7 #B271C9 #CA9DDA #E2CAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B271C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#B271C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B271C9

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B271C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B271C9	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6286CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b271c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 113, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.144 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9bd9',
    500: '#b271c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b271c9;
$custom-light: #ca9bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b271c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.318,
    "s": 44.898,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65069,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B271C9

secondary

#C3DBBB

accent

#B82D52

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FA

border

#D2CCD3

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B271C9

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

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