#B78ABA#B78ABA

#B78ABA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.085 H 324.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78ABA
RGB	rgb(183, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(296, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(296, 26%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 25.40, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 31.38, 324.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% 0.0695 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.085 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4788, 31.7904, 50.6067)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78ABA #8DBA8A

analogous

#9F8ABA #B78ABA #BA8AA5

triadic

#B78ABA #BAB78A #8ABAB7

tetradic

#B78ABA #BA9F8A #8DBA8A #8AA5BA

square

#B78ABA #BA9F8A #8DBA8A #8AA5BA

split-complementary

#B78ABA #A5BA8A #8ABA9F

monochromatic

#7C4B7F #9F64A3 #B78ABA #CFB0D1 #E6D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B78ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#B78ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B78ABA

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78ABA	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B98E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.085 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdacce',
    500: '#b78aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78aba;
$custom-light: #cdacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69245,
    "c": 0.08547,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78ABA

secondary

#C8D8C7

accent

#A44147

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78ABA

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

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