#B279EF#B279EF

#B279EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.175 H 304.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279EF
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 239)
HSL	hsl(269, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 49.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, 44.73, -51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 68.09, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% 0.099 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.175 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7741, 29.3719, 85.1659)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279EF #B6EF79

analogous

#797BEF #B279EF #ED79EF

triadic

#B279EF #EFB279 #79EFB2

tetradic

#B279EF #EF797B #B6EF79 #79EFED

square

#B279EF #EF797B #B6EF79 #79EFED

split-complementary

#B279EF #EFED79 #7BEF79

monochromatic

#7419D4 #9342E8 #B279EF #D1B0F6 #EFE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B279EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#B279EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279EF

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279EF	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5692F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6594EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.175 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca1f5',
    500: '#b279ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279ef;
$custom-light: #cca1f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.983,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68323,
    "c": 0.17476,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279EF

secondary

#E2F2D2

accent

#DB0B76

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F3FE

border

#D2CDD6

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279EF

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

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