#B278CA#B278CA

#B278CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.133 H 315.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B278CA
RGB	rgb(178, 120, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 44%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 41%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 40.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 37.06, -33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 50.12, 317.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0949 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.133 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7356, 27.1631, 59.2262)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B278CA #90CA78

analogous

#8978CA #B278CA #CA78B9

triadic

#B278CA #CAB278 #78CAB2

tetradic

#B278CA #CA8978 #90CA78 #78B9CA

square

#B278CA #CA8978 #90CA78 #78B9CA

split-complementary

#B278CA #B9CA78 #78CA89

monochromatic

#76388F #994CB9 #B278CA #CBA4DB #E4D0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B278CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#B278CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B278CA

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B278CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B278CA	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b278ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 120, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.133 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0da',
    500: '#b278ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b278ca;
$custom-light: #caa0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b278ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.439,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66263,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B278CA

secondary

#C9DEC0

accent

#B72F57

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B278CA

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

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