#B278DC#B278DC

#B278DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.154 H 309.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B278DC
RGB	rgb(178, 120, 220)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(275, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 45.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 40.96, -42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 59.08, 313.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.098 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.154 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9924, 28.0658, 71.1121)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B278DC #A2DC78

analogous

#8078DC #B278DC #DC78D4

triadic

#B278DC #DCB278 #78DCB2

tetradic

#B278DC #DC8078 #A2DC78 #78D4DC

square

#B278DC #DC8078 #A2DC78 #78D4DC

split-complementary

#B278DC #D4DC78 #78DC80

monochromatic

#772DAD #9647CF #B278DC #CEA9E9 #E9D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B278DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B278DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B278DC

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B278DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B278DC	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7091D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD88A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b278dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 120, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.154 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0e7',
    500: '#b278dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b278dc;
$custom-light: #cba0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b278dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6715,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B278DC

secondary

#D5E8C8

accent

#C61F65

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B278DC

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

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