#B287C9#B287C9

#B287C9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.105 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B287C9
RGB	rgb(178, 135, 201)
HSL	hsl(279, 38%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 33%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 32.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, 28.50, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 39.89, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.0724 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.105 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5650, 31.0106, 59.2538)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B287C9 #9EC987

analogous

#9187C9 #B287C9 #C987BF

triadic

#B287C9 #C9B287 #87C9B2

tetradic

#B287C9 #C99187 #9EC987 #87BFC9

square

#B287C9 #C99187 #9EC987 #87BFC9

split-complementary

#B287C9 #BFC987 #87C991

monochromatic

#774293 #975DB6 #B287C9 #CDB1DC #E8DBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#B287C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#B287C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B287C9

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B287C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B287C9	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C95CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0909F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b287c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 135, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.105 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaad9',
    500: '#b287c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b287c9;
$custom-light: #caaad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b287c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.091,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68816,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B287C9

secondary

#D3E1CB

accent

#B13560

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FA

border

#D1CED3

text

#131014

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B287C9

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

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