#BB78B1#BB78B1

#BB78B1 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.112 H 332.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB78B1
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 177)
HSL	hsl(309, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(309, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 35.02, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 40.04, 331.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0995 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.112 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1454, 27.1737, 44.9802)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB78B1 #78BB82

analogous

#A378BB #BB78B1 #BB7890

triadic

#BB78B1 #B1BB78 #78B1BB

tetradic

#BB78B1 #BBA378 #78BB82 #7890BB

square

#BB78B1 #BBA378 #78BB82 #7890BB

split-complementary

#BB78B1 #90BB78 #78BBA3

monochromatic

#7B3E72 #A35297 #BB78B1 #D0A1C9 #E4C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB78B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#BB78B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB78B1

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB78B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB78B1	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb78b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.112 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a0c8',
    500: '#bb78b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb78b1;
$custom-light: #d0a0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb78b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.955,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66166,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB78B1

secondary

#BBD4BE

accent

#AC4B3A

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#140F13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB78B1

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

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