#B178B0#B178B0

#B178B0 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.104 H 327.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178B0
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 176)
HSL	hsl(301, 27%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(301, 32%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 0.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 31.51, -20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 37.73, 326.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% 0.0875 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.104 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6837, 25.9159, 44.3465)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178B0 #78B179

analogous

#9578B1 #B178B0 #B17893

triadic

#B178B0 #B0B178 #78B0B1

tetradic

#B178B0 #B19578 #78B179 #7893B1

square

#B178B0 #B19578 #78B179 #7893B1

split-complementary

#B178B0 #93B178 #78B195

monochromatic

#6F406E #955694 #B178B0 #C79FC7 #DEC6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B178B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B178B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178B0

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178B0	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7487B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B57D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.104 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0c7',
    500: '#b178b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178b0;
$custom-light: #c9a0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.053,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65009,
    "c": 0.10394,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178B0

secondary

#B7CEB7

accent

#C36665

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F8

border

#D1CCD1

text

#130F13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178B0

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

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