#B28CB2#B28CB2

#B28CB2 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.070 H 326.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CB2
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 20%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(300, 21%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 21.03, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 25.48, 325.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.81% 0.058 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(68.81% 0.07 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7732, 31.4364, 46.2942)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CB2 #8CB28C

analogous

#9F8CB2 #B28CB2 #B28C9F

triadic

#B28CB2 #B2B28C #8CB2B2

tetradic

#B28CB2 #B29F8C #8CB28C #8C9FB2

square

#B28CB2 #B29F8C #8CB28C #8C9FB2

split-complementary

#B28CB2 #9FB28C #8CB29F

monochromatic

#754E75 #996799 #B28CB2 #CBB1CB #E3D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#B28CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#B28CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CB2

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CB2	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A95B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.070 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9aec9',
    500: '#b28cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28cb2;
$custom-light: #c9aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 19.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68812,
    "c": 0.06974,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CB2

secondary

#C6D4C6

accent

#9E4747

background

#FCFAFC

surface

#F8F4F8

border

#D1CED1

text

#131013

muted

#827F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CB2

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

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