#B28BCD#B28BCD

#B28BCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.103 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28BCD
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(275, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 27.11, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 39.30, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0675 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.103 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6102, 32.3385, 61.9537)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28BCD #A6CD8B

analogous

#918BCD #B28BCD #CD8BC7

triadic

#B28BCD #CDB28B #8BCDB2

tetradic

#B28BCD #CD918B #A6CD8B #8BC7CD

square

#B28BCD #CD918B #A6CD8B #8BC7CD

split-complementary

#B28BCD #C7CD8B #8BCD91

monochromatic

#77439B #9660BB #B28BCD #CEB6DF #EBE1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#B28BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#B28BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28BCD

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28BCD	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8098D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF94A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.103 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaddc',
    500: '#b28bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28bcd;
$custom-light: #caaddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6971,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28BCD

secondary

#D8E4D0

accent

#B33367

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28BCD

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

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