#B281F8#B281F8

#B281F8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.173 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B281F8
RGB	rgb(178, 129, 248)
HSL	hsl(265, 89%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(265, 48%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 48%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, 42.49, -52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 67.79, 308.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0894 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.173 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1498, 31.9427, 92.6810)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B281F8 #C7F881

analogous

#818CF8 #B281F8 #EE81F8

triadic

#B281F8 #F8B281 #81F8B2

tetradic

#B281F8 #F8818C #C7F881 #81F8EE

square

#B281F8 #F8818C #C7F881 #81F8EE

split-complementary

#B281F8 #F8EE81 #8CF881

monochromatic

#6B0DF1 #8F47F5 #B281F8 #D5BBFB #EDE2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#B281F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#B281F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B281F8

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B281F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B281F8	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C99FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6899F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A597B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b281f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 129, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.173 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cca6fb',
    500: '#b281f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b281f8;
$custom-light: #cca6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b281f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 89.474,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70103,
    "c": 0.17327,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B281F8

secondary

#E8F5D6

accent

#E60087

background

#FCFAFF

surface

#F9F4FF

border

#D2CED7

text

#140F17

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B281F8

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

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