#B28CDB#B28CDB

#B28CDB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.119 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CDB
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 219)
HSL	hsl(269, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(269, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 36.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, 29.63, -35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 45.86, 310.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0694 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.119 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.5218, 33.3358, 71.3038)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CDB #B5DB8C

analogous

#8C8DDB #B28CDB #DA8CDB

triadic

#B28CDB #DBB28C #8CDBB2

tetradic

#B28CDB #DB8C8D #B5DB8C #8CDBDA

square

#B28CDB #DB8C8D #B5DB8C #8CDBDA

split-complementary

#B28CDB #DBDA8C #8DDB8C

monochromatic

#7438B4 #935DCC #B28CDB #D1BBEA #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B28CDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#B28CDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CDB

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CDB	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9BDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC98A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28cdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.119 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaee6',
    500: '#b28cdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28cdb;
$custom-light: #caaee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28cdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.861,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70516,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CDB

secondary

#E2ECD7

accent

#C02676

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CDB

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

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