#B28CD7#B28CD7

#B28CD7 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.114 H 306.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CD7
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 35%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 28.73, -33.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 43.79, 311.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0685 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.114 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0016, 33.1277, 68.5638)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CD7 #B1D78C

analogous

#8D8CD7 #B28CD7 #D78CD7

triadic

#B28CD7 #D7B28C #8CD7B2

tetradic

#B28CD7 #D78D8C #B1D78C #8CD7D7

square

#B28CD7 #D78D8C #B1D78C #8CD7D7

split-complementary

#B28CD7 #D7D78C #8CD78D

monochromatic

#753CAD #945FC7 #B28CD7 #D0B9E7 #EFE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B28CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B28CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CD7

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CD7	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D9ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD97A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.114 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaee3',
    500: '#b28cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28cd7;
$custom-light: #caaee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.4,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70333,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CD7

secondary

#DFEAD5

accent

#BC2A72

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CD7

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

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