#B28CD2#B28CD2

#B28CD2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.108 H 308.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CD2
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(273, 33%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, 27.63, -30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 41.21, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% 0.0673 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.108 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3689, 32.8747, 65.2317)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CD2 #ACD28C

analogous

#8F8CD2 #B28CD2 #D28CCF

triadic

#B28CD2 #D2B28C #8CD2B2

tetradic

#B28CD2 #D28F8C #ACD28C #8CCFD2

square

#B28CD2 #D28F8C #ACD28C #8CCFD2

split-complementary

#B28CD2 #CFD28C #8CD28F

monochromatic

#7640A4 #9560C1 #B28CD2 #CFB8E3 #EDE4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B28CD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#B28CD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CD2

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CD2	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F9AD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE96A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.108 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaee0',
    500: '#b28cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28cd2;
$custom-light: #caaee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7011,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CD2

secondary

#DCE7D2

accent

#B72F6D

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CD2

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

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