#B178BF#B178BF

#B178BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.120 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B178BF
RGB	rgb(177, 120, 191)
HSL	hsl(288, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(288, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 37.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, 34.48, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 44.67, 320.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.0913 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.12 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2507, 26.5426, 52.5991)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B178BF #86BF78

analogous

#8D78BF #B178BF #BF78A9

triadic

#B178BF #BFB178 #78BFB1

tetradic

#B178BF #BF8D78 #86BF78 #78A9BF

square

#B178BF #BF8D78 #86BF78 #78A9BF

split-complementary

#B178BF #A9BF78 #78BF8D

monochromatic

#733D80 #9850A9 #B178BF #C9A2D3 #E1CBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B178BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#B178BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B178BF

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B178BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B178BF	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F89C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b178bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 120, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.120 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a0d2',
    500: '#b178bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b178bf;
$custom-light: #c9a0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b178bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.169,
    "s": 35.678,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65651,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B178BF

secondary

#C1D7BC

accent

#AF374F

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B178BF

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

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