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Home/Colors/#B78CBD

Nearest named color · #B78CBD

#B78CBD

Nearest named color: Violaceous

#B78CBD (rgb(183 140 189), hsl(293 27% 65%), oklch(0.697 0.085 322.3)) is closest to the named color Violaceous. See tints, shades, harmonies, WCAG & APCA contrast, and CSS, Tailwind v4 & SCSS code.

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#B78CBD

oklch(0.697 0.085 322.3)

Color conversions

HEX
#b78cbd
RGB
rgb(183 140 189)
HSL
hsl(293 27% 65%)
HWB
hwb(293 55% 26%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.697 0.085 322.3)
OKLab
oklab(0.697 0.067 -0.052)
CIE Lab
lab(63.69 23.18 -19.12)
LCH
lch(63.69 30.05 320.5)
CMYK
cmyk(3% 26% 0% 26%)

Tints · Shades · Tones

Tints

  • BE97C4
  • C5A2CA
  • CDAED1
  • D4B9D7
  • DBC5DE
  • E2D0E5
  • E9DCEB
  • F1E7F2
  • F8F3F8

Shades

  • 9F79A4
  • 87678C
  • 705574
  • 5A435D
  • 453347
  • 312333
  • 1E141F
  • 0C070D
  • 020102

Tones

  • B18BB7
  • AC8AB1
  • A789AB
  • A188A4
  • 9C869E
  • 968598
  • 918492
  • 8B838C
  • 868186

Color harmonies

Complementary +180°

  • B78CBD

    Violaceous

  • 7FAB7A

    ≈ Summer Garden

Analogous -30° +30°

  • B78CBD

    Violaceous

  • 9F94CE

    ≈ Distinct Purple

  • C788A3

    ≈ Pinch Me

Triadic +120° +240°

  • B78CBD

    Violaceous

  • B8995E

    ≈ Golden Bear

  • 55ADB4

    ≈ Blue Turquoise

Split-complementary +150° +210°

  • B78CBD

    Violaceous

  • 9EA364

    ≈ Gothic Revival Green

  • 61AF98

    ≈ Green Crush

Tetradic +90° +180° +270°

  • B78CBD

    Violaceous

  • C88F6C

    ≈ Baker’s Dream

  • 7FAB7A

    ≈ Summer Garden

  • 64A7CA

    ≈ Ethereal Blue

Contrast & accessibility

Ag

On white

WCAG 2.80:1 · APCA Lc 54

Fail
Ag

On black

WCAG 7.49:1 · APCA Lc 48

AAA

Best text color: #000000

WCAG 7.49:1 (AAA) · APCA Lc 48

Contrast pairs

  • #B78CBD / #FFFFFF
  • #B78CBD / #000000
  • #FFFFFF / #B78CBD
  • #000000 / #B78CBD

Code snippets

CSS

:root {
  --violaceous: #b78cbd;
  --violaceous-rgb: 183 140 189;
  --violaceous-oklch: oklch(0.697 0.085 322.3);
}

.element {
  color: var(--violaceous);
  background-color: hsl(293 27% 65%);
  border-color: oklch(0.697 0.085 322.3);
}

Tailwind CSS v4

@theme {
  --color-violaceous: #b78cbd;
  --color-violaceous-50: #ffedff;
  --color-violaceous-100: #f7dff8;
  --color-violaceous-200: #e7c8e9;
  --color-violaceous-300: #cea9d0;
  --color-violaceous-400: #b78ebc;
  --color-violaceous-500: #a173a8;
  --color-violaceous-600: #88618e;
  --color-violaceous-700: #6d4e71;
  --color-violaceous-800: #503955;
  --color-violaceous-900: #37273b;
  --color-violaceous-950: #221525;
}

SCSS

$violaceous: #b78cbd;
$violaceous-rgb: 183, 140, 189;
$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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  • B48FBD

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  • B48BB8

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  • B28EBC

    Young Prince

  • B68FC3

    Lavender Blaze

  • B48AC2

    Creeping Bellflower

  • BA86B5

    Violet Tulle

  • C189BC

    Dragonflies

  • B793C0

    Sheer Lilac

  • B393C0

    Quibble

  • BF8FC4

    Violaceous

  • B090C7

    Fleur-De-Lis

  • B391C8

    Cut Velvet

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