#B281EF#B281EF

#B281EF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.162 H 303.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281EF
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 239)
HSL	hsl(267, 77%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 46%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 40.36, -48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 63.16, 309.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.0883 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.162 303)
XYZ	xyz(41.7869, 31.3975, 85.5035)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281EF #BEEF81

analogous

#8187EF #B281EF #E981EF

triadic

#B281EF #EFB281 #81EFB2

tetradic

#B281EF #EF8187 #BEEF81 #81EFE9

square

#B281EF #EF8187 #BEEF81 #81EFE9

split-complementary

#B281EF #EFE981 #87EF81

monochromatic

#701CDA #914BE8 #B281EF #D3B7F6 #EEE4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B281EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#B281EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B281EF

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281EF	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6297F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E98EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A794AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.162 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba6f5',
    500: '#b281ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281ef;
$custom-light: #cba6f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.727,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69617,
    "c": 0.16221,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.31397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281EF

secondary

#E7F3D8

accent

#DA0C7E

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FE

border

#D2CED6

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281EF

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

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