#B281CA#B281CA

#B281CA is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.117 H 314.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281CA
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 202)
HSL	hsl(280, 41%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 36%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 36.1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, 32.07, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 44.31, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0816 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.117 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8693, 29.4305, 59.6041)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281CA #99CA81

analogous

#8E81CA #B281CA #CA81BD

triadic

#B281CA #CAB281 #81CAB2

tetradic

#B281CA #CA8E81 #99CA81 #81BDCA

square

#B281CA #CA8E81 #99CA81 #81BDCA

split-complementary

#B281CA #BDCA81 #81CA8E

monochromatic

#773E93 #9856B8 #B281CA #CCACDC #E7D7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B281CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#B281CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B281CA

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281CA	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7591CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8195C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.117 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa6da',
    500: '#b281ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281ca;
$custom-light: #caa6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.274,
    "s": 40.782,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67799,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281CA

secondary

#CFE0C7

accent

#B4325C

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281CA

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

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