#B28BBD#B28BBD

#B28BBD is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.084 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28BBD
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(287, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(287, 26%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 23.76, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 31.32, 319.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% 0.063 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.084 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7767, 31.6051, 52.2973)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28BBD #96BD8B

analogous

#998BBD #B28BBD #BD8BAF

triadic

#B28BBD #BDB28B #8BBDB2

tetradic

#B28BBD #BD998B #96BD8B #8BAFBD

square

#B28BBD #BD998B #96BD8B #8BAFBD

split-complementary

#B28BBD #AFBD8B #8BBD99

monochromatic

#774B83 #9864A7 #B28BBD #CCB2D3 #E6D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#B28BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#B28BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28BBD

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28BBD	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3909D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.084 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9add1',
    500: '#b28bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28bbd;
$custom-light: #c9add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.8,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69047,
    "c": 0.08389,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28BBD

secondary

#CDDBC9

accent

#A63F56

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F9

border

#D1CED2

text

#131014

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28BBD

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

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