#B78BEE#B78BEE

#B78BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.146 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78BEE
RGB	rgb(183, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(267, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(267, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 35.97, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 56.66, 309.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0805 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.146 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1904, 34.7056, 85.2432)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78BEE #C2EE8B

analogous

#8B91EE #B78BEE #E98BEE

triadic

#B78BEE #EEB78B #8BEEB7

tetradic

#B78BEE #EE8B91 #C2EE8B #8BEEE9

square

#B78BEE #EE8B91 #C2EE8B #8BEEE9

split-complementary

#B78BEE #EEE98B #91EE8B

monochromatic

#7521DE #9656E6 #B78BEE #D8C0F6 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#B78BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#B78BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B78BEE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78BEE	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729EF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9FEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9BB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.146 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceadf4',
    500: '#b78bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78bee;
$custom-light: #ceadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71726,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78BEE

secondary

#E7F3D8

accent

#D70F7E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#141017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78BEE

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

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