#B28BDA#B28BDA

#B28BDA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.120 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28BDA
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(270, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 29.96, -34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 45.98, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0707 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.12 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2451, 32.9924, 70.5641)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28BDA #B3DA8B

analogous

#8B8CDA #B28BDA #D98BDA

triadic

#B28BDA #DAB28B #8BDAB2

tetradic

#B28BDA #DA8B8C #B3DA8B #8BDAD9

square

#B28BDA #DA8B8C #B3DA8B #8BDAD9

split-complementary

#B28BDA #DAD98B #8CDA8B

monochromatic

#7539B2 #935DCB #B28BDA #D1B9E9 #F0E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B28BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#B28BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28BDA

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28BDA	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A9ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC97A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.120 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caade5',
    500: '#b28bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28bda;
$custom-light: #caade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.62,
    "s": 51.634,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70291,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28BDA

secondary

#E1EBD5

accent

#BF2674

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28BDA

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

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