#B278BB#B278BB

#B278BB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.116 H 322.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B278BB
RGB	rgb(178, 120, 187)
HSL	hsl(292, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(292, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 35.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, 33.99, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 42.91, 322.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.0915 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.116 322)
XYZ	xyz(34.0452, 26.4869, 50.3232)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B278BB #81BB78

analogous

#9078BB #B278BB #BB78A3

triadic

#B278BB #BBB278 #78BBB2

tetradic

#B278BB #BB9078 #81BB78 #78A3BB

square

#B278BB #BB9078 #81BB78 #78A3BB

split-complementary

#B278BB #A3BB78 #78BB90

monochromatic

#733E7B #9952A3 #B278BB #C9A1D0 #E0C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B278BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B278BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B278BB

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B278BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B278BB	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)

#7188BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B47F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b278bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 120, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.116 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0cf',
    500: '#b278bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b278bb;
$custom-light: #caa0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b278bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.94,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65583,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.26486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B278BB

secondary

#BED4BB

accent

#AC3A49

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B278BB

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

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