#B279BC#B279BC

#B279BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.115 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279BC
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(291, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 35.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, 33.63, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 42.73, 321.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0902 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.115 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2735, 26.7716, 50.9292)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279BC #83BC79

analogous

#9079BC #B279BC #BC79A4

triadic

#B279BC #BCB279 #79BCB2

tetradic

#B279BC #BC9079 #83BC79 #79A4BC

square

#B279BC #BC9079 #83BC79 #79A4BC

split-complementary

#B279BC #A4BC79 #79BC90

monochromatic

#733E7C #9953A5 #B279BC #C9A2D0 #E1CBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#B279BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#B279BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279BC

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279BC	1.00	3.30	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7189BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.115 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0d0',
    500: '#b279bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279bc;
$custom-light: #caa0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.045,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65797,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279BC

secondary

#BFD5BC

accent

#AC394B

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279BC

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

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