#B278DA#B278DA

#B278DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.151 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B278DA
RGB	rgb(178, 120, 218)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 45%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 40.51, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 58.07, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% 0.0977 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.151 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7291, 27.9605, 69.7254)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B278DA #A0DA78

analogous

#8178DA #B278DA #DA78D1

triadic

#B278DA #DAB278 #78DAB2

tetradic

#B278DA #DA8178 #A0DA78 #78D1DA

square

#B278DA #DA8178 #A0DA78 #78D1DA

split-complementary

#B278DA #D1DA78 #78DA81

monochromatic

#772EA9 #9748CD #B278DA #CDA8E7 #E9D8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B278DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B278DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B278DA

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B278DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B278DA	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#628DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7191D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD879F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b278da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 120, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.151 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0e6',
    500: '#b278da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b278da;
$custom-light: #cba0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b278da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.51,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67048,
    "c": 0.15149,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B278DA

secondary

#D4E7C7

accent

#C52164

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B278DA

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

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