#B28CDC#B28CDC

#B28CDC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.120 H 305.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CDC
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(269, 53%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(269, 36%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 29.85, -35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 46.38, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0697 -0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.12 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6539, 33.3887, 71.9992)
Luminance	0.3339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CDC #B6DC8C

analogous

#8C8EDC #B28CDC #DA8CDC

triadic

#B28CDC #DCB28C #8CDCB2

tetradic

#B28CDC #DC8C8E #B6DC8C #8CDCDA

square

#B28CDC #DC8C8E #B6DC8C #8CDCDA

split-complementary

#B28CDC #DCDA8C #8EDC8C

monochromatic

#7437B6 #935DCE #B28CDC #D1BBEA #EFE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B28CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#B28CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CDC

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CDC	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B9BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839DDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC98AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.120 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaee7',
    500: '#b28cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28cdc;
$custom-light: #caaee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70562,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CDC

secondary

#E2EDD7

accent

#C12577

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FC

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CDC

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

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