#B281CE#B281CE

#B281CE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.122 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281CE
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 206)
HSL	hsl(278, 44%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 37%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 37.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 32.92, -32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 46.31, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.0825 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.122 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3491, 29.6224, 62.1307)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281CE #9DCE81

analogous

#8B81CE #B281CE #CE81C3

triadic

#B281CE #CEB281 #81CEB2

tetradic

#B281CE #CE8B81 #9DCE81 #81C3CE

square

#B281CE #CE8B81 #9DCE81 #81C3CE

split-complementary

#B281CE #C3CE81 #81CE8B

monochromatic

#773C99 #9755BD #B281CE #CDADDF #E8D9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B281CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#B281CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B281CE

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281CE	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.122 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa6dd',
    500: '#b281ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281ce;
$custom-light: #caa6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67981,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281CE

secondary

#D2E2C9

accent

#B72E60

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281CE

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

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