#B28BD3#B28BD3

#B28BD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.111 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28BD3
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 211)
HSL	hsl(273, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(273, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 34.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 28.41, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 42.37, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.069 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.111 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3484, 32.6337, 65.8414)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28BD3 #ACD38B

analogous

#8E8BD3 #B28BD3 #D38BD0

triadic

#B28BD3 #D3B28B #8BD3B2

tetradic

#B28BD3 #D38E8B #ACD38B #8BD0D3

square

#B28BD3 #D38E8B #ACD38B #8BD0D3

split-complementary

#B28BD3 #D0D38B #8BD38E

monochromatic

#763FA5 #955FC2 #B28BD3 #CFB7E4 #EDE4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#B28BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#B28BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28BD3

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28BD3	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D99D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.111 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caade0',
    500: '#b28bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28bd3;
$custom-light: #caade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69974,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28BD3

secondary

#DCE8D2

accent

#B82D6D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28BD3

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

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