#B279CA#B279CA

#B279CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.131 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279CA
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 202)
HSL	hsl(282, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 40.1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 36.51, -33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 49.48, 317.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% 0.0934 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.131 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8565, 27.4048, 59.2665)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279CA #91CA79

analogous

#8979CA #B279CA #CA79B9

triadic

#B279CA #CAB279 #79CAB2

tetradic

#B279CA #CA8979 #91CA79 #79B9CA

square

#B279CA #CA8979 #91CA79 #79B9CA

split-complementary

#B279CA #B9CA79 #79CA89

monochromatic

#763990 #994DB9 #B279CA #CBA5DB #E4D1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B279CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B279CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279CA

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279CA	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.131 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa1da',
    500: '#b279ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279ca;
$custom-light: #caa1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.222,
    "s": 43.316,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66431,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279CA

secondary

#CADEC1

accent

#B62F57

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FA

border

#D1CCD3

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279CA

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

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