#B280BD#B280BD

#B280BD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.104 H 320.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B280BD
RGB	rgb(178, 128, 189)
HSL	hsl(289, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(289, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 32.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, 29.94, -24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 38.61, 320.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% 0.0799 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.104 320.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2634, 28.5784, 51.7928)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B280BD #8BBD80

analogous

#9480BD #B280BD #BD80AA

triadic

#B280BD #BDB280 #80BDB2

tetradic

#B280BD #BD9480 #8BBD80 #80AABD

square

#B280BD #BD9480 #8BBD80 #80AABD

split-complementary

#B280BD #AABD80 #80BD94

monochromatic

#754380 #9A58A8 #B280BD #CAA8D2 #E3D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B280BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#B280BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B280BD

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B280BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B280BD	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b280bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 128, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.104 320.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa5d1',
    500: '#b280bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b280bd;
$custom-light: #caa5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b280bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.18,
    "s": 31.606,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67057,
    "c": 0.10391,
    "h": 320.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B280BD

secondary

#C5D8C1

accent

#AA3B4F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B280BD

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

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