#B78CB2#B78CB2

#B78CB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.073 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78CB2
RGB	rgb(183, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(307, 23%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(307, 23%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 2.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, 22.76, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 26.51, 329.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0638 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.073 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.9417, 32.0389, 46.3490)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78CB2 #8CB791

analogous

#A68CB7 #B78CB2 #B78C9C

triadic

#B78CB2 #B2B78C #8CB2B7

tetradic

#B78CB2 #B7A68C #8CB791 #8C9CB7

square

#B78CB2 #B7A68C #8CB791 #8C9CB7

split-complementary

#B78CB2 #9CB78C #8CB7A6

monochromatic

#7B4D76 #9F6699 #B78CB2 #CFB2CB #E6D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B78CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#B78CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B78CB2

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78CB2	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B96B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB8F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.073 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaec9',
    500: '#b78cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78cb2;
$custom-light: #cdaec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.977,
    "s": 22.995,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69312,
    "c": 0.07348,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78CB2

secondary

#C8D7CA

accent

#A14F44

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F8

border

#D2CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78CB2

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

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