#B278EA#B278EA

#B278EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.170 H 305.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B278EA
RGB	rgb(178, 120, 234)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(271, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 48.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, 44.12, -49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 66.16, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% 0.0998 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.17 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9248, 28.8387, 81.2891)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B278EA #B0EA78

analogous

#7978EA #B278EA #EA78E9

triadic

#B278EA #EAB278 #78EAB2

tetradic

#B278EA #EA7978 #B0EA78 #78E9EA

square

#B278EA #EA7978 #B0EA78 #78E9EA

split-complementary

#B278EA #E9EA78 #78EA79

monochromatic

#751FC8 #9443E2 #B278EA #D0ADF2 #EEE2FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B278EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B278EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B278EA

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B278EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B278EA	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5890EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6893E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b278ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 120, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.170 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba0f1',
    500: '#b278ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b278ea;
$custom-light: #cba0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b278ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.526,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67891,
    "c": 0.1704,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B278EA

secondary

#DFEFCE

accent

#D51071

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140F17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B278EA

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

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