#B78BBD#B78BBD

#B78BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.087 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78BBD
RGB	rgb(183, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(293, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, 25.43, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 32.10, 322.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% 0.0689 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.087 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9452, 32.2076, 52.3521)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78BBD #91BD8B

analogous

#9E8BBD #B78BBD #BD8BAA

triadic

#B78BBD #BDB78B #8BBDB7

tetradic

#B78BBD #BD9E8B #91BD8B #8BAABD

square

#B78BBD #BD9E8B #91BD8B #8BAABD

split-complementary

#B78BBD #AABD8B #8BBD9E

monochromatic

#7C4B83 #9F64A7 #B78BBD #CFB2D3 #E7D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B78BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#B78BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B78BBD

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78BBD	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8697BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.087 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdadd1',
    500: '#b78bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78bbd;
$custom-light: #cdadd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.8,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69544,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78BBD

secondary

#CBDBC9

accent

#A63F4C

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78BBD

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

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