#B280CB#B280CB

#B280CB is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.120 H 313.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B280CB
RGB	rgb(178, 128, 203)
HSL	hsl(280, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 36.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, 32.84, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 45.45, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0833 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.12 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8570, 29.2158, 60.1860)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B280CB #99CB80

analogous

#8D80CB #B280CB #CB80BE

triadic

#B280CB #CBB280 #80CBB2

tetradic

#B280CB #CB8D80 #99CB80 #80BECB

square

#B280CB #CB8D80 #99CB80 #80BECB

split-complementary

#B280CB #BECB80 #80CB8D

monochromatic

#773D94 #9855B9 #B280CB #CCABDD #E7D7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#B280CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#B280CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B280CB

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B280CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B280CB	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7390CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b280cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 128, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.120 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa5db',
    500: '#b280cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b280cb;
$custom-light: #caa5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b280cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 41.899,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67671,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B280CB

secondary

#CFE0C7

accent

#B5315D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B280CB

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

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