#B178BB#B178BB

#B178BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.116 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178BB
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 187)
HSL	hsl(291, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 35.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, 33.67, -26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 42.77, 321.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0903 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.116 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8165, 26.3690, 50.3124)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178BB #82BB78

analogous

#9078BB #B178BB #BB78A3

triadic

#B178BB #BBB178 #78BBB1

tetradic

#B178BB #BB9078 #82BB78 #78A3BB

square

#B178BB #BB9078 #82BB78 #78A3BB

split-complementary

#B178BB #A3BB78 #78BB90

monochromatic

#723E7B #9752A3 #B178BB #C9A1D0 #E0C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#B178BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#B178BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178BB

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178BB	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7088BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.116 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0cf',
    500: '#b178bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178bb;
$custom-light: #c9a0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.045,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65474,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178BB

secondary

#BED4BB

accent

#AC3A4B

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178BB

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

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