#B279DF#B279DF

#B279DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.156 H 308.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279DF
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 223)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 45.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 41.08, -43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 59.97, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% 0.0971 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.156 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5142, 28.4679, 73.2636)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279DF #A6DF79

analogous

#7F79DF #B279DF #DF79D9

triadic

#B279DF #DFB279 #79DFB2

tetradic

#B279DF #DF7F79 #A6DF79 #79D9DF

square

#B279DF #DF7F79 #A6DF79 #79D9DF

split-complementary

#B279DF #D9DF79 #79DF7F

monochromatic

#772BB3 #9648D3 #B279DF #CEAAEB #EBDCF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B279DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#B279DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279DF

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279DF	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#608FE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F92DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC89A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.156 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba1e9',
    500: '#b279df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279df;
$custom-light: #cba1e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67467,
    "c": 0.15574,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279DF

secondary

#D8EACA

accent

#C91C69

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FD

border

#D2CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279DF

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

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