#B278CD#B278CD

#B278CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.136 H 314.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B278CD
RGB	rgb(178, 120, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 41.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 37.70, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 51.59, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.0955 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.136 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0943, 27.3065, 61.1151)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B278CD #93CD78

analogous

#8778CD #B278CD #CD78BD

triadic

#B278CD #CDB278 #78CDB2

tetradic

#B278CD #CD8778 #93CD78 #78BDCD

square

#B278CD #CD8778 #93CD78 #78BDCD

split-complementary

#B278CD #BDCD78 #78CD87

monochromatic

#763794 #994BBC #B278CD #CBA5DE #E5D1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B278CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B278CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B278CD

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B278CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B278CD	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7790CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b278cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 120, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.136 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0dc',
    500: '#b278cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b278cd;
$custom-light: #caa0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b278cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.941,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66406,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B278CD

secondary

#CBDFC1

accent

#B92C59

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B278CD

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

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