#B280AE#B280AE

#B280AE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.088 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B280AE
RGB	rgb(178, 128, 174)
HSL	hsl(305, 25%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(305, 28%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, 27.00, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 31.75, 328.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.0755 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.088 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7186, 27.9605, 43.6569)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B280AE #80B284

analogous

#9D80B2 #B280AE #B28095

triadic

#B280AE #AEB280 #80AEB2

tetradic

#B280AE #B29D80 #80B284 #8095B2

square

#B280AE #B29D80 #80B284 #8095B2

split-complementary

#B280AE #95B280 #80B29D

monochromatic

#72456F #985C94 #B280AE #C9A6C6 #E0CCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#B280AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#B280AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B280AE

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B280AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B280AE	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b280ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 128, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.088 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a5c6',
    500: '#b280ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b280ae;
$custom-light: #c9a5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b280ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.8,
    "s": 24.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66452,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B280AE

secondary

#BDD1BF

accent

#C16E67

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#130F13

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B280AE

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

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