#B78BB2#B78BB2

#B78BB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.075 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78BB2
RGB	rgb(183, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(307, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(307, 24%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 2.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 23.32, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 27.18, 329.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% 0.0654 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.075 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7962, 31.7480, 46.3005)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78BB2 #8BB790

analogous

#A68BB7 #B78BB2 #B78B9C

triadic

#B78BB2 #B2B78B #8BB2B7

tetradic

#B78BB2 #B7A68B #8BB790 #8B9CB7

square

#B78BB2 #B7A68B #8BB790 #8B9CB7

split-complementary

#B78BB2 #9CB78B #8BB7A6

monochromatic

#7B4C76 #A06599 #B78BB2 #CEB1CB #E6D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#B78BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#B78BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B78BB2

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78BB2	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A95B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.075 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdadc9',
    500: '#b78bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78bb2;
$custom-light: #cdadc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.818,
    "s": 23.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69127,
    "c": 0.07533,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78BB2

secondary

#C7D7C9

accent

#A24E44

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78BB2

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

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