#B277DD#B277DD

#B277DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.157 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B277DD
RGB	rgb(178, 119, 221)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(275, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 46.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 41.72, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 60.21, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% 0.0995 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.157 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0056, 27.8796, 71.7718)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B277DD #A2DD77

analogous

#7F77DD #B277DD #DD77D5

triadic

#B277DD #DDB277 #77DDB2

tetradic

#B277DD #DD7F77 #A2DD77 #77D5DD

square

#B277DD #DD7F77 #A2DD77 #77D5DD

split-complementary

#B277DD #D5DD77 #77DD7F

monochromatic

#772CAE #9646D1 #B277DD #CEA8E9 #E9D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B277DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#B277DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B277DD

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B277DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B277DD	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8DE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F91DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD87A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b277dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 119, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.157 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9fe8',
    500: '#b277dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b277dd;
$custom-light: #cb9fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b277dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.706,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6704,
    "c": 0.15666,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B277DD

secondary

#D5E8C7

accent

#C81E65

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B277DD

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

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