#B28CD6#B28CD6

#B28CD6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CD6
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(271, 47%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(271, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 28.51, -32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 43.27, 311.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0683 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.113 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8735, 33.0765, 67.8891)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CD6 #B0D68C

analogous

#8D8CD6 #B28CD6 #D68CD5

triadic

#B28CD6 #D6B28C #8CD6B2

tetradic

#B28CD6 #D68D8C #B0D68C #8CD5D6

square

#B28CD6 #D68D8C #B0D68C #8CD5D6

split-complementary

#B28CD6 #D5D68C #8CD68D

monochromatic

#753DAB #945FC6 #B28CD6 #D0B9E6 #EEE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#B28CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B28CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CD6

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CD6	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD97A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaee3',
    500: '#b28cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28cd6;
$custom-light: #caaee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 47.436,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70288,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CD6

secondary

#DFEAD4

accent

#BB2B71

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CD6

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

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