#B281DB#B281DB

#B281DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.138 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281DB
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 219)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(273, 41%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 41.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, 35.77, -38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 52.89, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0852 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.138 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9941, 30.2804, 70.7946)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281DB #AADB81

analogous

#8581DB #B281DB #DB81D7

triadic

#B281DB #DBB281 #81DBB2

tetradic

#B281DB #DB8581 #AADB81 #81D7DB

square

#B281DB #DB8581 #AADB81 #81D7DB

split-complementary

#B281DB #D7DB81 #81DB85

monochromatic

#7632AF #9551CD #B281DB #CFB1E9 #ECE0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#B281DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#B281DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B281DB

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281DB	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D93DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD8FA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.138 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa6e6',
    500: '#b281db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281db;
$custom-light: #caa6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68597,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281DB

secondary

#DBEACE

accent

#C3226C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FC

border

#D2CED5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281DB

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

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