#B281ED#B281ED

#B281ED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.160 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281ED
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 237)
HSL	hsl(267, 75%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 45.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, 39.89, -47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 62.13, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.0881 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.16 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4931, 31.2800, 83.9560)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281ED #BCED81

analogous

#8186ED #B281ED #E881ED

triadic

#B281ED #EDB281 #81EDB2

tetradic

#B281ED #ED8186 #BCED81 #81EDE8

square

#B281ED #ED8186 #BCED81 #81EDE8

split-complementary

#B281ED #EDE881 #86ED81

monochromatic

#711ED5 #914BE5 #B281ED #D3B7F5 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B281ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#B281ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B281ED

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281ED	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6397F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F98EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A894AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.160 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba6f3',
    500: '#b281ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281ed;
$custom-light: #cba6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.222,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69511,
    "c": 0.15975,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281ED

secondary

#E6F3D7

accent

#D70E7C

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281ED

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

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