#B279CC#B279CC

#B279CC is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.133 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279CC
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 204)
HSL	hsl(281, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 40.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 36.93, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 50.46, 317.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.0938 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.133 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0948, 27.5002, 60.5217)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279CC #93CC79

analogous

#8879CC #B279CC #CC79BC

triadic

#B279CC #CCB279 #79CCB2

tetradic

#B279CC #CC8879 #93CC79 #79BCCC

square

#B279CC #CC8879 #93CC79 #79BCCC

split-complementary

#B279CC #BCCC79 #79CC88

monochromatic

#763893 #994DBB #B279CC #CBA5DD #E5D2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B279CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#B279CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279CC

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279CC	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.133 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa1dc',
    500: '#b279cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279cc;
$custom-light: #caa1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.205,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66525,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279CC

secondary

#CBDFC2

accent

#B82D59

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F8F2FB

border

#D1CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279CC

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

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