#B178BC#B178BC

#B178BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.117 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178BC
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 188)
HSL	hsl(290, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(290, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 36.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, 33.87, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 43.24, 321.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.0906 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.117 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9239, 26.4119, 50.8782)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178BC #83BC78

analogous

#8F78BC #B178BC #BC78A5

triadic

#B178BC #BCB178 #78BCB1

tetradic

#B178BC #BC8F78 #83BC78 #78A5BC

square

#B178BC #BC8F78 #83BC78 #78A5BC

split-complementary

#B178BC #A5BC78 #78BC8F

monochromatic

#723E7C #9852A5 #B178BC #C9A1D0 #E0CAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B178BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#B178BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178BC

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178BC	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7088BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.117 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0d0',
    500: '#b178bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178bc;
$custom-light: #c9a0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.294,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65518,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178BC

secondary

#BFD5BB

accent

#AC394C

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178BC

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

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