#B477C8#B477C8

#B477C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.133 H 317.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B477C8
RGB	rgb(180, 119, 200)
HSL	hsl(285, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 41%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 40.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 37.80, -32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 50.00, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% 0.0983 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.133 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8431, 27.0681, 57.9689)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B477C8 #8BC877

analogous

#8B77C8 #B477C8 #C877B4

triadic

#B477C8 #C8B477 #77C8B4

tetradic

#B477C8 #C88B77 #8BC877 #77B4C8

square

#B477C8 #C88B77 #8BC877 #77B4C8

split-complementary

#B477C8 #B4C877 #77C88B

monochromatic

#77398C #9C4BB6 #B477C8 #CCA3DA #E4CEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B477C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#B477C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B477C8

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B477C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B477C8	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A90C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b477c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 119, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.133 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9fd9',
    500: '#b477c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b477c8;
$custom-light: #cc9fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b477c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.185,
    "s": 42.408,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66218,
    "c": 0.13337,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B477C8

secondary

#C6DCBF

accent

#B53051

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FA

border

#D2CCD3

text

#130F14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B477C8

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

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