#B281CB#B281CB

#B281CB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.118 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281CB
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 203)
HSL	hsl(280, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 36.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 32.28, -31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 44.80, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% 0.0818 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.118 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9881, 29.4780, 60.2297)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281CB #9ACB81

analogous

#8D81CB #B281CB #CB81BF

triadic

#B281CB #CBB281 #81CBB2

tetradic

#B281CB #CB8D81 #9ACB81 #81BFCB

square

#B281CB #CB8D81 #9ACB81 #81BFCB

split-complementary

#B281CB #BFCB81 #81CB8D

monochromatic

#773D94 #9856B9 #B281CB #CCACDD #E7D8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B281CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#B281CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B281CB

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281CB	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7591CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.118 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa6db',
    500: '#b281cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281cb;
$custom-light: #caa6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.73,
    "s": 41.573,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67844,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281CB

secondary

#D0E0C7

accent

#B5315D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281CB

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

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