#B28CD0#B28CD0

#B28CD0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.105 H 309.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CD0
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(274, 42%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(274, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 27.19, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 40.18, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% 0.0668 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.105 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1213, 32.7756, 63.9277)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CD0 #AAD08C

analogous

#908CD0 #B28CD0 #D08CCC

triadic

#B28CD0 #D0B28C #8CD0B2

tetradic

#B28CD0 #D0908C #AAD08C #8CCCD0

square

#B28CD0 #D0908C #AAD08C #8CCCD0

split-complementary

#B28CD0 #CCD08C #8CD090

monochromatic

#7641A0 #9561BE #B28CD0 #CFB7E2 #ECE3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#B28CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#B28CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CD0

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CD0	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8099D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF95A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.105 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaede',
    500: '#b28cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28cd0;
$custom-light: #caaede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 41.975,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70022,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CD0

secondary

#DBE6D2

accent

#B5306B

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CD0

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

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