#B280E9#B280E9

#B280E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.156 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B280E9
RGB	rgb(178, 128, 233)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 45.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, 39.51, -46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 60.70, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0889 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.156 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7842, 30.7867, 80.8688)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B280E9 #B7E980

analogous

#8082E9 #B280E9 #E680E9

triadic

#B280E9 #E9B280 #80E9B2

tetradic

#B280E9 #E98082 #B7E980 #80E9E6

square

#B280E9 #E98082 #B7E980 #80E9E6

split-complementary

#B280E9 #E9E680 #82E980

monochromatic

#7323CB #924CE0 #B280E9 #D2B4F2 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#B280E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#B280E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B280E9

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B280E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B280E9	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6495ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7097E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A992A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b280e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 128, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.156 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba6f0',
    500: '#b280e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b280e9;
$custom-light: #cba6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b280e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69135,
    "c": 0.15645,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B280E9

secondary

#E3F1D4

accent

#D21377

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B280E9

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

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