#B178BD#B178BD

#B178BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.118 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178BD
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 189)
HSL	hsl(290, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 36.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, 34.07, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 43.71, 321.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% 0.0908 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.118 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0321, 26.4552, 51.4479)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178BD #84BD78

analogous

#8E78BD #B178BD #BD78A6

triadic

#B178BD #BDB178 #78BDB1

tetradic

#B178BD #BD8E78 #84BD78 #78A6BD

square

#B178BD #BD8E78 #84BD78 #78A6BD

split-complementary

#B178BD #A6BD78 #78BD8E

monochromatic

#723D7D #9851A6 #B178BD #C9A1D1 #E0CAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#B178BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#B178BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178BD

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178BD	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F89C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.118 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0d1',
    500: '#b178bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178bd;
$custom-light: #c9a0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.565,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65562,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178BD

secondary

#C0D6BB

accent

#AD384D

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178BD

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

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