#B978DB#B978DB

#B978DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.155 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B978DB
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 219)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 45.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, 42.72, -40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 59.11, 316.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% 0.1062 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.155 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5081, 28.8626, 70.4939)
Luminance	0.2886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B978DB #9ADB78

analogous

#8878DB #B978DB #DB78CC

triadic

#B978DB #DBB978 #78DBB9

tetradic

#B978DB #DB8878 #9ADB78 #78CCDB

square

#B978DB #DB8878 #9ADB78 #78CCDB

split-complementary

#B978DB #CCDB78 #78DB88

monochromatic

#802EAB #A048CE #B978DB #D2A8E8 #EBD9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B978DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#B978DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B978DB

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B978DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B978DB	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#648FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7594D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6879F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b978db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.155 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a0e6',
    500: '#b978db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b978db;
$custom-light: #d0a0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b978db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.394,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67838,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B978DB

secondary

#D2E7C7

accent

#C52059

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FC

border

#D2CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B978DB

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

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