#B280C8#B280C8

#B280C8 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 315.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B280C8
RGB	rgb(178, 128, 200)
HSL	hsl(282, 40%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(282, 36%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 36%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, 32.20, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 43.96, 317.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.0826 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.117 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5030, 29.0742, 58.3213)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B280C8 #96C880

analogous

#8E80C8 #B280C8 #C880BA

triadic

#B280C8 #C8B280 #80C8B2

tetradic

#B280C8 #C88E80 #96C880 #80BAC8

square

#B280C8 #C88E80 #96C880 #80BAC8

split-complementary

#B280C8 #BAC880 #80C88E

monochromatic

#773E8F #9855B6 #B280C8 #CCABDA #E6D5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B280C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B280C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B280C8

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B280C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B280C8	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1899B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b280c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 128, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa5d9',
    500: '#b280c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b280c8;
$custom-light: #caa5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b280c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 39.56,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67535,
    "c": 0.11657,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B280C8

secondary

#CDDEC5

accent

#B3335A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#130F14

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B280C8

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

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