#B281CF#B281CF

#B281CF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.123 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281CF
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 207)
HSL	hsl(278, 45%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 38%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 37.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 33.14, -33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 46.81, 315.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% 0.0827 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.123 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4709, 29.6711, 62.7725)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281CF #9ECF81

analogous

#8B81CF #B281CF #CF81C5

triadic

#B281CF #CFB281 #81CFB2

tetradic

#B281CF #CF8B81 #9ECF81 #81C5CF

square

#B281CF #CF8B81 #9ECF81 #81C5CF

split-complementary

#B281CF #C5CF81 #81CF8B

monochromatic

#773B9B #9755BE #B281CF #CDADE0 #E8DAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B281CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#B281CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B281CF

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281CF	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7392D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.123 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa6de',
    500: '#b281cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281cf;
$custom-light: #caa6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.692,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68027,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281CF

secondary

#D3E3C9

accent

#B82E61

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#130F15

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281CF

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

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