#B279CF#B279CF

#B279CF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.137 H 313.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279CF
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 207)
HSL	hsl(280, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(280, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 41.5%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 37.57, -35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 51.94, 316.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% 0.0944 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.137 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4581, 27.6455, 62.4349)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279CF #96CF79

analogous

#8779CF #B279CF #CF79C1

triadic

#B279CF #CFB279 #79CFB2

tetradic

#B279CF #CF8779 #96CF79 #79C1CF

square

#B279CF #CF8779 #96CF79 #79C1CF

split-complementary

#B279CF #C1CF79 #79CF87

monochromatic

#773697 #984CBF #B279CF #CCA6DF #E6D3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B279CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B279CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279CF

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279CF	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698CD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0859A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.137 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa1de',
    500: '#b279cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279cf;
$custom-light: #caa1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.767,
    "s": 47.253,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66668,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279CF

secondary

#CDE1C3

accent

#BB2B5B

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279CF

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

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