#B279F8#B279F8

#B279F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.185 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279F8
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 248)
HSL	hsl(267, 90%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 51%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 51.2%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 46.84, -55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 72.66, 310.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% 0.0997 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.185 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1369, 29.9170, 92.3434)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279F8 #BFF879

analogous

#7980F8 #B279F8 #F179F8

triadic

#B279F8 #F8B279 #79F8B2

tetradic

#B279F8 #F87980 #BFF879 #79F8F1

square

#B279F8 #F87980 #BFF879 #79F8F1

split-complementary

#B279F8 #F8F179 #80F879

monochromatic

#700CEA #913FF5 #B279F8 #D3B3FB #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B279F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#B279F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279F8

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279F8	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E94FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F94F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A591AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.185 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca1fb',
    500: '#b279f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279f8;
$custom-light: #cca1fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.929,
    "s": 90.071,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68829,
    "c": 0.18547,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279F8

secondary

#E7F6D5

accent

#E6007E

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F3FF

border

#D2CDD7

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279F8

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

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