#B279E4#B279E4

#B279E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.162 H 307.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279E4
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 228)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(272, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 46.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, 42.20, -46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 62.50, 312.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% 0.0977 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.162 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1983, 28.7416, 76.8664)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279E4 #ABE479

analogous

#7C79E4 #B279E4 #E479E0

triadic

#B279E4 #E4B279 #79E4B2

tetradic

#B279E4 #E47C79 #ABE479 #79E0E4

square

#B279E4 #E47C79 #ABE479 #79E0E4

split-complementary

#B279E4 #E0E479 #79E47C

monochromatic

#7626BD #9546DA #B279E4 #CFACEE #EDDFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B279E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B279E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279E4

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279E4	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D90E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C93E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.162 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba1ed',
    500: '#b279e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279e4;
$custom-light: #cba1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.963,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67729,
    "c": 0.16168,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279E4

secondary

#DBECCC

accent

#CE176D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FD

border

#D2CDD5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279E4

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

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