#B178BE#B178BE

#B178BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.119 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178BE
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 190)
HSL	hsl(289, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 36.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 34.27, -27.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 44.19, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0911 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.119 320)
XYZ	xyz(34.1410, 26.4988, 52.0215)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178BE #85BE78

analogous

#8E78BE #B178BE #BE78A8

triadic

#B178BE #BEB178 #78BEB1

tetradic

#B178BE #BE8E78 #85BE78 #78A8BE

square

#B178BE #BE8E78 #85BE78 #78A8BE

split-complementary

#B178BE #A8BE78 #78BE8E

monochromatic

#723D7F #9851A8 #B178BE #C9A1D2 #E1CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B178BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B178BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178BE

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178BE	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F89C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.119 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0d1',
    500: '#b178be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178be;
$custom-light: #c9a0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.857,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65606,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.26498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178BE

secondary

#C1D6BC

accent

#AE384E

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178BE

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

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