#B28AED#B28AED

#B28AED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.145 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28AED
RGB	rgb(178, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(264, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 34.89, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 56.50, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0758 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.145 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7312, 33.7563, 84.3687)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28AED #C5ED8A

analogous

#8A93ED #B28AED #E38AED

triadic

#B28AED #EDB28A #8AEDB2

tetradic

#B28AED #ED8A93 #C5ED8A #8AEDE3

square

#B28AED #ED8A93 #C5ED8A #8AEDE3

split-complementary

#B28AED #EDE38A #93ED8A

monochromatic

#6D22DB #8F55E5 #B28AED #D5BFF5 #EEE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B28AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B28AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28AED

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28AED	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#709DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789DEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.145 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbacf3',
    500: '#b28aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28aed;
$custom-light: #cbacf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.242,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71033,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28AED

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D51086

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28AED

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

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