#B281E8#B281E8

#B281E8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.154 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281E8
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 232)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 44.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 38.73, -45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 59.56, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% 0.0873 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.154 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7728, 30.9919, 80.1623)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281E8 #B7E881

analogous

#8183E8 #B281E8 #E681E8

triadic

#B281E8 #E8B281 #81E8B2

tetradic

#B281E8 #E88183 #B7E881 #81E8E6

square

#B281E8 #E88183 #B7E881 #81E8E6

split-complementary

#B281E8 #E8E681 #83E881

monochromatic

#7325CA #924DDF #B281E8 #D2B5F1 #EFE5FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B281E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B281E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B281E8

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281E8	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6696EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7297E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A992A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.154 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba6f0',
    500: '#b281e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281e8;
$custom-light: #cba6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.544,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6925,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281E8

secondary

#E3F0D5

accent

#D11477

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#130F16

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281E8

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

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