#B281B2#B281B2

#B281B2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.090 H 326.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281B2
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 24%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(300, 28%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 27.20, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 32.84, 325.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0752 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.09 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2454, 28.3809, 45.7850)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281B2 #81B281

analogous

#9981B2 #B281B2 #B28199

triadic

#B281B2 #B2B281 #81B2B2

tetradic

#B281B2 #B29981 #81B281 #8199B2

square

#B281B2 #B29981 #81B281 #8199B2

split-complementary

#B281B2 #99B281 #81B299

monochromatic

#734673 #995D99 #B281B2 #C9A7C9 #E0CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#B281B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#B281B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B281B2

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281B2	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.090 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9a6c9',
    500: '#b281b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281b2;
$custom-light: #c9a6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66788,
    "c": 0.09013,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281B2

secondary

#BED1BE

accent

#A34343

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#130F13

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281B2

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

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