#B28BB2#B28BB2

#B28BB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.072 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28BB2
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(300, 22%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, 21.59, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 26.16, 325.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0596 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.072 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6277, 31.1455, 46.2457)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28BB2 #8BB28B

analogous

#9F8BB2 #B28BB2 #B28B9F

triadic

#B28BB2 #B2B28B #8BB2B2

tetradic

#B28BB2 #B29F8B #8BB28B #8B9FB2

square

#B28BB2 #B29F8B #8BB28B #8B9FB2

split-complementary

#B28BB2 #9FB28B #8BB29F

monochromatic

#754E75 #9A669A #B28BB2 #CAB0CA #E3D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#B28BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#B28BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28BB2

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28BB2	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8994B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.072 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9adc9',
    500: '#b28bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28bb2;
$custom-light: #c9adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 20.207,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68624,
    "c": 0.07159,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28BB2

secondary

#C5D4C5

accent

#9F4747

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28BB2

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

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