#B279EB#B279EB

#B279EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.170 H 305.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279EB
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 235)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 48.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, 43.81, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 66.05, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% 0.0986 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.17 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1897, 29.1381, 82.0881)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279EB #B2EB79

analogous

#7979EB #B279EB #EB79EB

triadic

#B279EB #EBB279 #79EBB2

tetradic

#B279EB #EB7979 #B2EB79 #79EBEB

square

#B279EB #EB7979 #B2EB79 #79EBEB

split-complementary

#B279EB #EBEB79 #79EB79

monochromatic

#751ECB #9344E3 #B279EB #D1AEF3 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B279EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#B279EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279EB

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279EB	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5991EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6893E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.170 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba1f2',
    500: '#b279eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279eb;
$custom-light: #cba1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68104,
    "c": 0.17001,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279EB

secondary

#E0F0D0

accent

#D60F73

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FD

border

#D2CDD5

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279EB

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

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