#B279E2#B279E2

#B279E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.159 H 307.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279E2
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 226)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(273, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 46.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 41.75, -45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 61.48, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% 0.0975 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.159 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9222, 28.6311, 75.4127)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279E2 #A9E279

analogous

#7D79E2 #B279E2 #E279DE

triadic

#B279E2 #E2B279 #79E2B2

tetradic

#B279E2 #E27D79 #A9E279 #79DEE2

square

#B279E2 #E27D79 #A9E279 #79DEE2

split-complementary

#B279E2 #DEE279 #79E27D

monochromatic

#7628B9 #9547D7 #B279E2 #CFABED #ECDEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#B279E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#B279E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279E2

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279E2	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E92DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.159 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba1eb',
    500: '#b279e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279e2;
$custom-light: #cba1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67623,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279E2

secondary

#DAEBCB

accent

#CC196B

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FD

border

#D2CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279E2

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

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