#B28BD9#B28BD9

#B28BD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.118 H 306.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28BD9
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, 29.74, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 45.46, 310.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0704 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.118 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1147, 32.9402, 69.8770)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28BD9 #B2D98B

analogous

#8B8BD9 #B28BD9 #D98BD9

triadic

#B28BD9 #D9B28B #8BD9B2

tetradic

#B28BD9 #D98B8B #B2D98B #8BD9D9

square

#B28BD9 #D98B8B #B2D98B #8BD9D9

split-complementary

#B28BD9 #D9D98B #8BD98B

monochromatic

#753AB0 #935DCA #B28BD9 #D1B9E8 #EFE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B28BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B28BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28BD9

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28BD9	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC97A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.118 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caade5',
    500: '#b28bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28bd9;
$custom-light: #caade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70245,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28BD9

secondary

#E0EBD5

accent

#BE2773

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28BD9

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

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