#B281CD#B281CD

#B281CD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.121 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281CD
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 205)
HSL	hsl(279, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(279, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 37.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, 32.71, -32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 45.80, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% 0.0823 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.121 313)
XYZ	xyz(37.2280, 29.5739, 61.4930)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281CD #9CCD81

analogous

#8C81CD #B281CD #CD81C2

triadic

#B281CD #CDB281 #81CDB2

tetradic

#B281CD #CD8C81 #9CCD81 #81C2CD

square

#B281CD #CD8C81 #9CCD81 #81C2CD

split-complementary

#B281CD #C2CD81 #81CD8C

monochromatic

#773C97 #9755BC #B281CD #CDADDE #E8D9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#B281CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#B281CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B281CD

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281CD	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7491D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.121 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa6dc',
    500: '#b281cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281cd;
$custom-light: #caa6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.684,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67935,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.29573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281CD

secondary

#D1E2C8

accent

#B62F5F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281CD

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

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