#B28CD3#B28CD3

#B28CD3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.109 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CD3
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(272, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 27.85, -31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 41.72, 311.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0676 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.109 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4939, 32.9247, 65.8899)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CD3 #ADD38C

analogous

#8F8CD3 #B28CD3 #D38CD1

triadic

#B28CD3 #D3B28C #8CD3B2

tetradic

#B28CD3 #D38F8C #ADD38C #8CD1D3

square

#B28CD3 #D38F8C #ADD38C #8CD1D3

split-complementary

#B28CD3 #D1D38C #8CD38F

monochromatic

#763FA5 #9460C2 #B28CD3 #D0B8E4 #EDE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B28CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B28CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CD3

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CD3	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE96A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.109 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaee0',
    500: '#b28cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28cd3;
$custom-light: #caaee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 44.654,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CD3

secondary

#DDE8D3

accent

#B82E6E

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CD3

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

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