#B279DB#B279DB

#B279DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.151 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279DB
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 219)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(275, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 44.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 40.19, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 57.95, 313.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% 0.0965 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.151 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9813, 28.2548, 70.4570)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279DB #A2DB79

analogous

#8179DB #B279DB #DB79D3

triadic

#B279DB #DBB279 #79DBB2

tetradic

#B279DB #DB8179 #A2DB79 #79D3DB

square

#B279DB #DB8179 #A2DB79 #79D3DB

split-complementary

#B279DB #D3DB79 #79DB81

monochromatic

#772EAC #9649CE #B279DB #CEA9E8 #E9D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#B279DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#B279DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279DB

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279DB	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#638EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7192D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD88A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.151 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba1e6',
    500: '#b279db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279db;
$custom-light: #cba1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.898,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67262,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279DB

secondary

#D5E8C8

accent

#C52065

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FC

border

#D2CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279DB

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

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