#B28CD4#B28CD4

#B28CD4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.110 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CD4
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(272, 46%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(272, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 28.07, -31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 42.24, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0678 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.11 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6196, 32.9750, 66.5522)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CD4 #AED48C

analogous

#8E8CD4 #B28CD4 #D48CD2

triadic

#B28CD4 #D4B28C #8CD4B2

tetradic

#B28CD4 #D48E8C #AED48C #8CD2D4

square

#B28CD4 #D48E8C #AED48C #8CD2D4

split-complementary

#B28CD4 #D2D48C #8CD48E

monochromatic

#763EA7 #945FC3 #B28CD4 #D0B9E5 #EEE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B28CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#B28CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CD4

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CD4	1.00	2.76	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E9AD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE96A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.110 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaee1',
    500: '#b28cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28cd4;
$custom-light: #caaee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 45.57,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70199,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CD4

secondary

#DDE8D3

accent

#B92D6F

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CD4

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

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