#B28AE0#B28AE0

#B28AE0 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.129 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28AE0
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 224)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(268, 38%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.18, 31.88, -38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.18, 49.73, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0734 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.129 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9004, 33.0239, 74.7261)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28AE0 #B8E08A

analogous

#8A8DE0 #B28AE0 #DD8AE0

triadic

#B28AE0 #E0B28A #8AE0B2

tetradic

#B28AE0 #E08A8D #B8E08A #8AE0DD

square

#B28AE0 #E08A8D #B8E08A #8AE0DD

split-complementary

#B28AE0 #E0DD8A #8DE08A

monochromatic

#7332BD #925AD3 #B28AE0 #D2BAED #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B28AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B28AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28AE0

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28AE0	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769AE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB97AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.129 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caacea',
    500: '#b28ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28ae0;
$custom-light: #caacea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.907,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70396,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28AE0

secondary

#E4EED7

accent

#C62079

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28AE0

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

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