#B28BEC#B28BEC

#B28BEC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.142 H 301.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28BEC
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 34.10, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 55.35, 308.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0743 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.143 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7297, 33.9863, 83.6495)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28BEC #C5EC8B

analogous

#8B94EC #B28BEC #E38BEC

triadic

#B28BEC #ECB28B #8BECB2

tetradic

#B28BEC #EC8B94 #C5EC8B #8BECE3

square

#B28BEC #EC8B94 #C5EC8B #8BECE3

split-complementary

#B28BEC #ECE38B #94EC8B

monochromatic

#6D24D9 #8F56E3 #B28BEC #D5C0F5 #EEE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B28BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#B28BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28BEC

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28BEC	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#729DF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89BB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.142 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbadf2',
    500: '#b28bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28bec;
$custom-light: #cbadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.124,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71156,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28BEC

secondary

#E8F2D9

accent

#D41286

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28BEC

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

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