#B277D5#B277D5

#B277D5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.147 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B277D5
RGB	rgb(178, 119, 213)
HSL	hsl(278, 53%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 44%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 44.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 39.96, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 56.20, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0983 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.147 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9651, 27.4634, 66.2916)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B277D5 #9AD577

analogous

#8377D5 #B277D5 #D577C9

triadic

#B277D5 #D5B277 #77D5B2

tetradic

#B277D5 #D58377 #9AD577 #77C9D5

square

#B277D5 #D58377 #9AD577 #77C9D5

split-complementary

#B277D5 #C9D577 #77D583

monochromatic

#7731A0 #9848C7 #B277D5 #CCA6E3 #E7D5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B277D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B277D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B277D5

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B277D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B277D5	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#638CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7390D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE859C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b277d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 119, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.147 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9fe2',
    500: '#b277d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b277d5;
$custom-light: #cb9fe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b277d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.66,
    "s": 52.809,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66633,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B277D5

secondary

#D0E4C4

accent

#C0255F

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B277D5

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

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