#B281EB#B281EB

#B281EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.157 H 303.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281EB
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 235)
HSL	hsl(268, 73%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 45%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 45.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 39.42, -46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 61.10, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0878 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.157 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2025, 31.1638, 82.4257)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281EB #BAEB81

analogous

#8185EB #B281EB #E781EB

triadic

#B281EB #EBB281 #81EBB2

tetradic

#B281EB #EB8185 #BAEB81 #81EBE7

square

#B281EB #EB8185 #BAEB81 #81EBE7

split-complementary

#B281EB #EBE781 #85EB81

monochromatic

#7221D1 #924CE3 #B281EB #D2B6F3 #EFE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B281EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#B281EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B281EB

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281EB	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6496EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7097E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A893AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.157 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba6f2',
    500: '#b281eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281eb;
$custom-light: #cba6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.736,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69406,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281EB

secondary

#E5F2D6

accent

#D5117A

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#130F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281EB

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

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