#B277C8#B277C8

#B277C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.132 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B277C8
RGB	rgb(178, 119, 200)
HSL	hsl(284, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(284, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 40.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 37.19, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 49.78, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66% 0.0959 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.132 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3807, 26.8297, 57.9472)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B277C8 #8DC877

analogous

#8A77C8 #B277C8 #C877B5

triadic

#B277C8 #C8B277 #77C8B2

tetradic

#B277C8 #C88A77 #8DC877 #77B5C8

square

#B277C8 #C88A77 #8DC877 #77B5C8

split-complementary

#B277C8 #B5C877 #77C88A

monochromatic

#75398C #994BB6 #B277C8 #CBA3DA #E3CEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B277C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#B277C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B277C8

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B277C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B277C8	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b277c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 119, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.132 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9fd9',
    500: '#b277c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b277c8;
$custom-light: #ca9fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b277c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.704,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66003,
    "c": 0.13237,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B277C8

secondary

#C7DCBF

accent

#B53054

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130F14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B277C8

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

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