#B279AA#B279AA

#B279AA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.097 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279AA
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 170)
HSL	hsl(308, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(308, 32%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 30.17, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 34.68, 330.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.0853 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.097 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4527, 26.0433, 41.3398)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279AA #79B281

analogous

#9D79B2 #B279AA #B2798D

triadic

#B279AA #AAB279 #79AAB2

tetradic

#B279AA #B29D79 #79B281 #798DB2

square

#B279AA #B29D79 #79B281 #798DB2

split-complementary

#B279AA #8DB279 #79B29D

monochromatic

#704069 #97578E #B279AA #C8A0C3 #DFC7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B279AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B279AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279AA

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279AA	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.097 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0c3',
    500: '#b279aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279aa;
$custom-light: #caa0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.421,
    "s": 27.014,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65053,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279AA

secondary

#B8CFBB

accent

#C37264

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130F12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279AA

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

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