#B279DD#B279DD

#B279DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.153 H 309.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279DD
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 221)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 45.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, 40.63, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 58.96, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.0968 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.153 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2461, 28.3607, 71.8519)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279DD #A4DD79

analogous

#8079DD #B279DD #DD79D6

triadic

#B279DD #DDB279 #79DDB2

tetradic

#B279DD #DD8079 #A4DD79 #79D6DD

square

#B279DD #DD8079 #A4DD79 #79D6DD

split-complementary

#B279DD #D6DD79 #79DD80

monochromatic

#772CAF #9648D1 #B279DD #CEAAE9 #EADBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B279DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#B279DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279DD

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279DD	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#628FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7092DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC89A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.153 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba1e8',
    500: '#b279dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279dd;
$custom-light: #cba1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67364,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279DD

secondary

#D7E9C9

accent

#C71E67

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FC

border

#D2CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279DD

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

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