#B281BE#B281BE

#B281BE is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.103 H 319.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281BE
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 190)
HSL	hsl(288, 32%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(288, 32%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 32.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, 29.58, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 38.43, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% 0.0786 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.103 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5034, 28.8841, 52.4102)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281BE #8DBE81

analogous

#9481BE #B281BE #BE81AB

triadic

#B281BE #BEB281 #81BEB2

tetradic

#B281BE #BE9481 #8DBE81 #81ABBE

square

#B281BE #BE9481 #8DBE81 #81ABBE

split-complementary

#B281BE #ABBE81 #81BE94

monochromatic

#754382 #9959A9 #B281BE #CBA9D3 #E3D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B281BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#B281BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B281BE

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281BE	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.103 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa6d1',
    500: '#b281be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281be;
$custom-light: #caa6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.197,
    "s": 31.937,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67276,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281BE

secondary

#C7D8C2

accent

#AB3B51

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281BE

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

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