#B279F5#B279F5

#B279F5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.182 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279F5
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 245)
HSL	hsl(268, 86%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(268, 51%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 50.6%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, 46.14, -54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 71.14, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0995 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.182 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6752, 29.7323, 89.9119)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279F5 #BCF579

analogous

#797EF5 #B279F5 #F079F5

triadic

#B279F5 #F5B279 #79F5B2

tetradic

#B279F5 #F5797E #BCF579 #79F5F0

square

#B279F5 #F5797E #BCF579 #79F5F0

split-complementary

#B279F5 #F5F079 #7EF579

monochromatic

#7111E3 #9140F1 #B279F5 #D3B2F9 #EFE3FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B279F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#B279F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279F5

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279F5	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5193F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6194F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A690AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.182 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca1f9',
    500: '#b279f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279f5;
$custom-light: #cca1f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.581,
    "s": 86.111,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68659,
    "c": 0.1819,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279F5

secondary

#E6F5D5

accent

#E3037C

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F3FF

border

#D2CDD7

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279F5

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

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