#B279CD#B279CD

#B279CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.135 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279CD
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(281, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 41%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, 37.14, -34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 50.95, 316.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.094 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.135 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2152, 27.5483, 61.1554)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279CD #94CD79

analogous

#8879CD #B279CD #CD79BE

triadic

#B279CD #CDB279 #79CDB2

tetradic

#B279CD #CD8879 #94CD79 #79BECD

square

#B279CD #CD8879 #94CD79 #79BECD

split-complementary

#B279CD #BECD79 #79CD88

monochromatic

#763794 #984CBC #B279CD #CCA6DE #E5D2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B279CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#B279CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279CD

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279CD	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.135 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa1dc',
    500: '#b279cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279cd;
$custom-light: #caa1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.714,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66572,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279CD

secondary

#CCE0C2

accent

#B92D5A

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279CD

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

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