#B28BEE#B28BEE

#B28BEE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.145 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28BEE
RGB	rgb(178, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(264, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 34.57, -44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 56.40, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.0746 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.145 301)
XYZ	xyz(43.0219, 34.1031, 85.1884)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28BEE #C7EE8B

analogous

#8B96EE #B28BEE #E38BEE

triadic

#B28BEE #EEB28B #8BEEB2

tetradic

#B28BEE #EE8B96 #C7EE8B #8BEEE3

square

#B28BEE #EE8B96 #C7EE8B #8BEEE3

split-complementary

#B28BEE #EEE38B #96EE8B

monochromatic

#6B21DE #8F56E6 #B28BEE #D5C0F6 #EDE4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#B28BEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#B28BEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28BEE

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28BEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28BEE	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#719DF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.145 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbadf4',
    500: '#b28bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28bee;
$custom-light: #cbadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.636,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71257,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.34103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28BEE

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D70F88

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28BEE

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

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