#B281F6#B281F6

#B281F6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.171 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281F6
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 246)
HSL	hsl(265, 87%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 48%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 47.6%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, 42.01, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 66.76, 309.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0892 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.171 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8411, 31.8192, 91.0556)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281F6 #C5F681

analogous

#818AF6 #B281F6 #EC81F6

triadic

#B281F6 #F6B281 #81F6B2

tetradic

#B281F6 #F6818A #C5F681 #81F6EC

square

#B281F6 #F6818A #C5F681 #81F6EC

split-complementary

#B281F6 #F6EC81 #8AF681

monochromatic

#6D11EC #8F48F2 #B281F6 #D5BAFA #EEE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#B281F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#B281F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B281F6

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281F6	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D98FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6998F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A596B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.171 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca6fa',
    500: '#b281f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281f6;
$custom-light: #cca6fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.128,
    "s": 86.667,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69994,
    "c": 0.17081,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281F6

secondary

#E8F5D6

accent

#E30285

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281F6

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

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