#B28BCB#B28BCB

#B28BCB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.101 H 311.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28BCB
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(277, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(277, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, 26.68, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 38.28, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% 0.067 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.101 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3704, 32.2425, 60.6904)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28BCB #A4CB8B

analogous

#928BCB #B28BCB #CB8BC4

triadic

#B28BCB #CBB28B #8BCBB2

tetradic

#B28BCB #CB928B #A4CB8B #8BC4CB

square

#B28BCB #CB928B #A4CB8B #8BC4CB

split-complementary

#B28BCB #C4CB8B #8BCB92

monochromatic

#774498 #9661B8 #B28BCB #CEB5DE #EAE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#B28BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#B28BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28BCB

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28BCB	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B093A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.101 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9addb',
    500: '#b28bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28bcb;
$custom-light: #c9addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.563,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69624,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28BCB

secondary

#D7E3CF

accent

#B13465

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28BCB

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

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