#B78CD2#B78CD2

#B78CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.110 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B78CD2
RGB	rgb(183, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(277, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(277, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 29.19, -29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 41.70, 314.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0731 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.11 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5374, 33.4772, 65.2865)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B78CD2 #A7D28C

analogous

#948CD2 #B78CD2 #D28CCA

triadic

#B78CD2 #D2B78C #8CD2B7

tetradic

#B78CD2 #D2948C #A7D28C #8CCAD2

square

#B78CD2 #D2948C #A7D28C #8CCAD2

split-complementary

#B78CD2 #CAD28C #8CD294

monochromatic

#7D40A4 #9B60C1 #B78CD2 #D3B8E3 #EEE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B78CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B78CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B78CD2

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B78CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B78CD2	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9ED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B495A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b78cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.110 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdaee0',
    500: '#b78cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b78cd2;
$custom-light: #cdaee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b78cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.857,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70593,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B78CD2

secondary

#DBE7D2

accent

#B72F63

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F9F4FB

border

#D2CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B78CD2

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

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