#B279D4#B279D4

#B279D4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.143 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279D4
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 212)
HSL	hsl(278, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 42.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 38.65, -38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 54.43, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% 0.0953 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.143 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0791, 27.8939, 65.7053)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279D4 #9BD479

analogous

#8479D4 #B279D4 #D479C9

triadic

#B279D4 #D4B279 #79D4B2

tetradic

#B279D4 #D48479 #9BD479 #79C9D4

square

#B279D4 #D48479 #9BD479 #79C9D4

split-complementary

#B279D4 #C9D479 #79D484

monochromatic

#77339F #974BC5 #B279D4 #CDA7E3 #E7D6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B279D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#B279D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279D4

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279D4	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#668DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7591D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF869C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.143 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa1e1',
    500: '#b279d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279d4;
$custom-light: #caa1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.582,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66911,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279D4

secondary

#D1E4C5

accent

#BF2760

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F3FB

border

#D2CDD4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279D4

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

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