#B279EA#B279EA

#B279EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.169 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279EA
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 234)
HSL	hsl(270, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 48.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 43.58, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 65.54, 311.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0985 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.169 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0457, 29.0805, 81.3294)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279EA #B1EA79

analogous

#7979EA #B279EA #EA79EA

triadic

#B279EA #EAB279 #79EAB2

tetradic

#B279EA #EA7979 #B1EA79 #79EAEA

square

#B279EA #EA7979 #B1EA79 #79EAEA

split-complementary

#B279EA #EAEA79 #79EA79

monochromatic

#7520C9 #9444E2 #B279EA #D0AEF2 #EFE3FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B279EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#B279EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279EA

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279EA	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5991EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6993E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.169 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba1f1',
    500: '#b279ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279ea;
$custom-light: #cba1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.265,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6805,
    "c": 0.16881,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279EA

secondary

#DFF0CF

accent

#D51172

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FD

border

#D2CDD5

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279EA

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

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