#B281D9#B281D9

#B281D9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.135 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281D9
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 217)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(273, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 40.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, 35.33, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 51.87, 312.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.0848 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.135 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.7324, 30.1757, 69.4162)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281D9 #A8D981

analogous

#8681D9 #B281D9 #D981D4

triadic

#B281D9 #D9B281 #81D9B2

tetradic

#B281D9 #D98681 #A8D981 #81D4D9

square

#B281D9 #D98681 #A8D981 #81D4D9

split-complementary

#B281D9 #D4D981 #81D986

monochromatic

#7734AC #9552CB #B281D9 #CFB0E7 #EBDFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#B281D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#B281D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B281D9

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281D9	1.00	2.99	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E93DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A96D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.135 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa6e5',
    500: '#b281d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281d9;
$custom-light: #caa6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.409,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68499,
    "c": 0.13523,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281D9

secondary

#D9E8CD

accent

#C1246A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281D9

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

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