#B281BC#B281BC

#B281BC is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.101 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281BC
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 188)
HSL	hsl(290, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(290, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 31.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 29.17, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 37.47, 321.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% 0.0781 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.101 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2863, 28.7973, 51.2668)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281BC #8BBC81

analogous

#9581BC #B281BC #BC81A8

triadic

#B281BC #BCB281 #81BCB2

tetradic

#B281BC #BC9581 #8BBC81 #81A8BC

square

#B281BC #BC9581 #8BBC81 #81A8BC

split-complementary

#B281BC #A8BC81 #81BC95

monochromatic

#75447F #9A59A7 #B281BC #CAA9D1 #E3D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B281BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#B281BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B281BC

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281BC	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.101 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa6d0',
    500: '#b281bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281bc;
$custom-light: #caa6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.831,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67193,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281BC

secondary

#C5D7C2

accent

#A93C4F

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281BC

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

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