#B278DB#B278DB

#B278DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.153 H 309.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B278DB
RGB	rgb(178, 120, 219)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(275, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 45.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, 40.73, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 58.58, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.0979 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.153 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8604, 28.0130, 70.4167)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B278DB #A1DB78

analogous

#8178DB #B278DB #DB78D2

triadic

#B278DB #DBB278 #78DBB2

tetradic

#B278DB #DB8178 #A1DB78 #78D2DB

square

#B278DB #DB8178 #A1DB78 #78D2DB

split-complementary

#B278DB #D2DB78 #78DB81

monochromatic

#772EAB #9648CE #B278DB #CEA8E8 #E9D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B278DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#B278DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B278DB

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B278DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B278DB	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7191D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD889F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b278db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 120, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.153 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0e6',
    500: '#b278db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b278db;
$custom-light: #cba0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b278db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.152,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67099,
    "c": 0.15267,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B278DB

secondary

#D5E7C7

accent

#C52065

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B278DB

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

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