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Home/Colors/#B78BC5

Nearest named color · #B78BC5

#B78BC5

Nearest named color: Violaceous

#B78BC5 (rgb(183 139 197), hsl(286 33% 66%), oklch(0.699 0.096 317.9)) is closest to the named color Violaceous. See tints, shades, harmonies, WCAG & APCA contrast, and CSS, Tailwind v4 & SCSS code.

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#B78BC5

oklch(0.699 0.096 317.9)

Color conversions

HEX
#b78bc5
RGB
rgb(183 139 197)
HSL
hsl(286 33% 66%)
HWB
hwb(286 55% 23%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.699 0.096 317.9)
OKLab
oklab(0.699 0.071 -0.064)
CIE Lab
lab(63.7 24.92 -23.59)
LCH
lch(63.7 34.31 316.6)
CMYK
cmyk(7% 29% 0% 23%)

Tints · Shades · Tones

Tints

  • BE96CB
  • C5A2D1
  • CDADD7
  • D4B9DD
  • DBC4E2
  • E2D0E8
  • E9DCEE
  • F1E7F4
  • F8F3F9

Shades

  • 9F78AB
  • 876692
  • 705479
  • 5A4361
  • 45324B
  • 312335
  • 1E1421
  • 0C070E
  • 020102

Tones

  • B18ABE
  • AC89B7
  • A688B0
  • A187A9
  • 9B86A2
  • 96859B
  • 908495
  • 8B838E
  • 868187

Color harmonies

Complementary +180°

  • B78BC5

    Violaceous

  • 80AC71

    ≈ Sage Garden

Analogous -30° +30°

  • B78BC5

    Violaceous

  • 9B95D7

    ≈ Gorgeous Hydrangea

  • CA85A9

    ≈ Moonlight Mauve

Triadic +120° +240°

  • B78BC5

    Violaceous

  • BF9656

    ≈ Amber Gold

  • 46B0B3

    ≈ Lake Tahoe Turquoise

Split-complementary +150° +210°

  • B78BC5

    Violaceous

  • A4A359

    ≈ Rickrack

  • 5CB192

    ≈ Electra

Tetradic +90° +180° +270°

  • B78BC5

    Violaceous

  • CF8B69

    ≈ Cinnamon Brandy

  • 80AC71

    ≈ Sage Garden

  • 56AACD

    ≈ Estero Sky

Contrast & accessibility

Ag

On white

WCAG 2.79:1 · APCA Lc 54

Fail
Ag

On black

WCAG 7.51:1 · APCA Lc 48

AAA

Best text color: #000000

WCAG 7.51:1 (AAA) · APCA Lc 48

Contrast pairs

  • #B78BC5 / #FFFFFF
  • #B78BC5 / #000000
  • #FFFFFF / #B78BC5
  • #000000 / #B78BC5

Code snippets

CSS

:root {
  --violaceous: #b78bc5;
  --violaceous-rgb: 183 139 197;
  --violaceous-oklch: oklch(0.699 0.096 317.9);
}

.element {
  color: var(--violaceous);
  background-color: hsl(286 33% 66%);
  border-color: oklch(0.699 0.096 317.9);
}

Tailwind CSS v4

@theme {
  --color-violaceous: #b78bc5;
  --color-violaceous-50: #ffedff;
  --color-violaceous-100: #f7defc;
  --color-violaceous-200: #e7c8ee;
  --color-violaceous-300: #cea8d6;
  --color-violaceous-400: #b68cc4;
  --color-violaceous-500: #a171af;
  --color-violaceous-600: #886094;
  --color-violaceous-700: #6d4d77;
  --color-violaceous-800: #4f3859;
  --color-violaceous-900: #37263e;
  --color-violaceous-950: #221427;
}

SCSS

$violaceous: #b78bc5;
$violaceous-rgb: 183, 139, 197;
$violaceous-light: mix(#fff, $violaceous, 20%);
$violaceous-dark: mix(#000, $violaceous, 20%);

.element {
  color: $violaceous;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba($violaceous, 0.35);
}

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  • B68FC3

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  • B391C8

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  • B090C7

    Fleur-De-Lis

  • BF8FC4

    Violaceous

  • B48FBD

    Satin Flower

  • B28EBC

    Young Prince

  • C189BC

    Dragonflies

  • B48BB8

    Violet Whimsy

  • BD83BE

    Lavender Sweater

  • B790D4

    Pale Purple

  • C290C5

    Rose Souvenir

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  • Steady Violaceous HarborPink · Warm
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  • Dusk Soul Anchor KilnRed · Warm
  • Plum Passion SignalRed · Warm
  • Steady Vicious Violet CanvasRed · Pink

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