#B178AE#B178AE

#B178AE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.102 H 328.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178AE
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 174)
HSL	hsl(303, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(303, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 1.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 31.13, -19.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 36.85, 327.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.0869 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.102 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4873, 25.8373, 43.3120)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178AE #78B17B

analogous

#9778B1 #B178AE #B17891

triadic

#B178AE #AEB178 #78AEB1

tetradic

#B178AE #B19778 #78B17B #7891B1

square

#B178AE #B19778 #78B17B #7891B1

split-complementary

#B178AE #91B178 #78B197

monochromatic

#6F406C #955692 #B178AE #C79FC5 #DEC6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#B178AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#B178AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178AE

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178AE	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7586B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.102 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0c6',
    500: '#b178ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178ae;
$custom-light: #c9a0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.158,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64927,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178AE

secondary

#B7CEB8

accent

#C36A65

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130F13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178AE

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

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