#B277E2#B277E2

#B277E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.163 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B277E2
RGB	rgb(178, 119, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(273, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 47.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 42.84, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 62.72, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.1002 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.163 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6817, 28.1501, 75.3325)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B277E2 #A7E277

analogous

#7C77E2 #B277E2 #E277DC

triadic

#B277E2 #E2B277 #77E2B2

tetradic

#B277E2 #E27C77 #A7E277 #77DCE2

square

#B277E2 #E27C77 #A7E277 #77DCE2

split-complementary

#B277E2 #DCE277 #77E27C

monochromatic

#7727B7 #9545D7 #B277E2 #CFA9ED #EBDCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#B277E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#B277E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B277E2

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B277E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B277E2	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C8EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C91DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB89A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b277e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 119, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.163 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9feb',
    500: '#b277e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b277e2;
$custom-light: #cb9feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b277e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.084,
    "s": 64.848,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67302,
    "c": 0.16254,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B277E2

secondary

#D9EBCA

accent

#CD196A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B277E2

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

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