#B281EE#B281EE

#B281EE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.161 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281EE
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 238)
HSL	hsl(267, 76%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 45.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 40.12, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 62.64, 309.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0882 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.161 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6396, 31.3386, 84.7276)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281EE #BDEE81

analogous

#8187EE #B281EE #E881EE

triadic

#B281EE #EEB281 #81EEB2

tetradic

#B281EE #EE8187 #BDEE81 #81EEE8

square

#B281EE #EE8187 #BDEE81 #81EEE8

split-complementary

#B281EE #EEE881 #87EE81

monochromatic

#711DD8 #914BE7 #B281EE #D3B7F5 #EFE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#B281EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#B281EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B281EE

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281EE	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6397F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F98EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A894AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.161 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba6f4',
    500: '#b281ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281ee;
$custom-light: #cba6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.972,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69564,
    "c": 0.16099,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281EE

secondary

#E7F3D8

accent

#D80D7D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281EE

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

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