#B28CD9#B28CD9

#B28CD9 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 306.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CD9
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(270, 50%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(270, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, 29.18, -34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 44.82, 310.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.069 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.117 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2601, 33.2312, 69.9255)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CD9 #B3D98C

analogous

#8C8DD9 #B28CD9 #D88CD9

triadic

#B28CD9 #D9B28C #8CD9B2

tetradic

#B28CD9 #D98C8D #B3D98C #8CD9D8

square

#B28CD9 #D98C8D #B3D98C #8CD9D8

split-complementary

#B28CD9 #D9D88C #8DD98C

monochromatic

#753AB0 #935ECA #B28CD9 #D1BAE8 #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B28CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#B28CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CD9

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CD9	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC97A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaee5',
    500: '#b28cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28cd9;
$custom-light: #caaee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.61,
    "s": 50.327,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70424,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CD9

secondary

#E1EBD6

accent

#BE2874

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131015

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CD9

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

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