#BB78B2#BB78B2

#BB78B2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.113 H 331.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB78B2
RGB	rgb(187, 120, 178)
HSL	hsl(308, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(308, 36%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 35.20, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 40.45, 330.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.0997 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.113 331.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2454, 27.2137, 45.5071)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB78B2 #78BB81

analogous

#A378BB #BB78B2 #BB7890

triadic

#BB78B2 #B2BB78 #78B2BB

tetradic

#BB78B2 #BBA378 #78BB81 #7890BB

square

#BB78B2 #BBA378 #78BB81 #7890BB

split-complementary

#BB78B2 #90BB78 #78BBA3

monochromatic

#7B3E73 #A35299 #BB78B2 #D0A1C9 #E4C9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#BB78B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#BB78B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB78B2

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB78B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB78B2	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C07C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb78b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 120, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.113 331.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a0c9',
    500: '#bb78b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb78b2;
$custom-light: #d0a0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb78b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.06,
    "s": 33.005,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66206,
    "c": 0.1133,
    "h": 331.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB78B2

secondary

#BBD4BE

accent

#AC493A

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#140F13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB78B2

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

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