#B279DC#B279DC

#B279DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.152 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279DC
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 220)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(275, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 45%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 40.41, -42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 58.45, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0966 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.152 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1133, 28.3076, 71.1524)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279DC #A3DC79

analogous

#8179DC #B279DC #DC79D5

triadic

#B279DC #DCB279 #79DCB2

tetradic

#B279DC #DC8179 #A3DC79 #79D5DC

square

#B279DC #DC8179 #A3DC79 #79D5DC

split-complementary

#B279DC #D5DC79 #79DC81

monochromatic

#772DAD #9648CF #B279DC #CEAAE9 #EADAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B279DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#B279DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279DC

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279DC	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#628EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7192D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD89A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.152 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba1e7',
    500: '#b279dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279dc;
$custom-light: #cba1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67313,
    "c": 0.15219,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279DC

secondary

#D6E8C9

accent

#C61F66

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FC

border

#D2CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279DC

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

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