#B281BF#B281BF

#B281BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.104 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281BF
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 191)
HSL	hsl(287, 33%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(287, 32%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 32.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 29.78, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 38.91, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0789 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.104 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6131, 28.9280, 52.9877)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281BF #8EBF81

analogous

#9381BF #B281BF #BF81AD

triadic

#B281BF #BFB281 #81BFB2

tetradic

#B281BF #BF9381 #8EBF81 #81ADBF

square

#B281BF #BF9381 #8EBF81 #81ADBF

split-complementary

#B281BF #ADBF81 #81BF93

monochromatic

#764383 #9958AA #B281BF #CBAAD4 #E4D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B281BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#B281BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B281BF

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281BF	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.104 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa6d2',
    500: '#b281bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281bf;
$custom-light: #caa6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.419,
    "s": 32.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67319,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281BF

secondary

#C7D9C3

accent

#AB3A52

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#130F14

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281BF

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

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