#B477E8#B477E8

#B477E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.170 H 307.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B477E8
RGB	rgb(180, 119, 232)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 48.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, 44.74, -48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 65.86, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% 0.1033 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.17 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9818, 28.7236, 79.7662)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B477E8 #ABE877

analogous

#7C77E8 #B477E8 #E877E4

triadic

#B477E8 #E8B477 #77E8B4

tetradic

#B477E8 #E87C77 #ABE877 #77E4E8

square

#B477E8 #E87C77 #ABE877 #77E4E8

split-complementary

#B477E8 #E4E877 #77E87C

monochromatic

#7921C4 #9743DF #B477E8 #D1ABF1 #EEE0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B477E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#B477E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B477E8

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B477E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B477E8	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5890EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6993E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8AA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b477e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 119, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.170 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cda0f0',
    500: '#b477e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b477e8;
$custom-light: #cda0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b477e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.389,
    "s": 71.069,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6783,
    "c": 0.1702,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B477E8

secondary

#DCEECD

accent

#D3126B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140F16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B477E8

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

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