#B178AA#B178AA

#B178AA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.098 H 331.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178AA
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 170)
HSL	hsl(307, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(307, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 30.38, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 35.13, 329.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.0857 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.098 331)
XYZ	xyz(32.1032, 25.6836, 41.2888)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178AA #78B17F

analogous

#9B78B1 #B178AA #B1788D

triadic

#B178AA #AAB178 #78AAB1

tetradic

#B178AA #B19B78 #78B17F #788DB1

square

#B178AA #B19B78 #78B17F #788DB1

split-complementary

#B178AA #8DB178 #78B19B

monochromatic

#6F4069 #95568E #B178AA #C79FC2 #DEC6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B178AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B178AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178AA

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178AA	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7686AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.098 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0c3',
    500: '#b178aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178aa;
$custom-light: #c9a0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.368,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64767,
    "c": 0.098,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.25682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178AA

secondary

#B7CEBA

accent

#C37065

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130E12

muted

#827E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178AA

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

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