#B278BC#B278BC

#B278BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.117 H 321.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B278BC
RGB	rgb(178, 120, 188)
HSL	hsl(291, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(291, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 36.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, 34.19, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 43.38, 322.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% 0.0918 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.117 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1526, 26.5298, 50.8889)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B278BC #82BC78

analogous

#9078BC #B278BC #BC78A4

triadic

#B278BC #BCB278 #78BCB2

tetradic

#B278BC #BC9078 #82BC78 #78A4BC

square

#B278BC #BC9078 #82BC78 #78A4BC

split-complementary

#B278BC #A4BC78 #78BC90

monochromatic

#733E7C #9952A5 #B278BC #C9A1D0 #E1CAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B278BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#B278BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B278BC

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B278BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B278BC	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)

#7089BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b278bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 120, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.117 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0d0',
    500: '#b278bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b278bc;
$custom-light: #caa0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b278bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.176,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65626,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B278BC

secondary

#BFD5BB

accent

#AC394A

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B278BC

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

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