#B978DD#B978DD

#B978DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.158 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B978DD
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 45.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, 43.15, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 60.09, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% 0.1065 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.158 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7730, 28.9685, 71.8889)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B978DD #9CDD78

analogous

#8778DD #B978DD #DD78CE

triadic

#B978DD #DDB978 #78DDB9

tetradic

#B978DD #DD8778 #9CDD78 #78CEDD

square

#B978DD #DD8778 #9CDD78 #78CEDD

split-complementary

#B978DD #CEDD78 #78DD87

monochromatic

#802CAF #A047D1 #B978DD #D2A9E9 #ECDAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B978DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#B978DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B978DD

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B978DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B978DD	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#628FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7494DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B687A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b978dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.158 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a0e8',
    500: '#b978dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b978dd;
$custom-light: #d0a0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b978dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.614,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67938,
    "c": 0.15766,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B978DD

secondary

#D4E9C8

accent

#C71E5A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F3FC

border

#D2CDD5

text

#140F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B978DD

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

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