#B78CBB#B78CBB

#B78CBB is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.083 H 323.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78CBB
RGB	rgb(183, 140, 187)
HSL	hsl(295, 26%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(295, 25%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 25.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, 24.48, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 30.51, 323.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.0667 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.083 323.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8751, 32.4123, 51.2651)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78CBB #90BB8C

analogous

#A08CBB #B78CBB #BB8CA8

triadic

#B78CBB #BBB78C #8CBBB7

tetradic

#B78CBB #BBA08C #90BB8C #8CA8BB

square

#B78CBB #BBA08C #90BB8C #8CA8BB

split-complementary

#B78CBB #A8BB8C #8CBBA0

monochromatic

#7C4C81 #9F66A4 #B78CBB #CFB2D2 #E7D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B78CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#B78CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B78CBB

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78CBB	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8897BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9909C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 140, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.083 323.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaecf',
    500: '#b78cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78cbb;
$custom-light: #cdaecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.894,
    "s": 25.683,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69649,
    "c": 0.08288,
    "h": 323.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78CBB

secondary

#CBDAC9

accent

#A4414A

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F9F4F9

border

#D2CED2

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78CBB

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

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