#B27BBD#B27BBD

#B27BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.113 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B27BBD
RGB	rgb(178, 123, 189)
HSL	hsl(290, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(290, 35%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 34.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, 32.72, -26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 41.89, 321.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% 0.0875 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.113 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6272, 27.3060, 51.5808)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B27BBD #86BD7B

analogous

#917BBD #B27BBD #BD7BA7

triadic

#B27BBD #BDB27B #7BBDB2

tetradic

#B27BBD #BD917B #86BD7B #7BA7BD

square

#B27BBD #BD917B #86BD7B #7BA7BD

split-complementary

#B27BBD #A7BD7B #7BBD91

monochromatic

#743F7E #9954A7 #B27BBD #CAA4D1 #E2CDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B27BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#B27BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B27BBD

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B27BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B27BBD	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b27bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 123, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.113 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa2d1',
    500: '#b27bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b27bbd;
$custom-light: #caa2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b27bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66184,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B27BBD

secondary

#C2D6BE

accent

#AC394D

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F3F9

border

#D1CDD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B27BBD

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

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