#B28CE2#B28CE2

#B28CE2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.128 H 303.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CE2
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(267, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, 31.22, -38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 49.50, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.071 -0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.128 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4628, 33.7122, 76.2595)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CE2 #BCE28C

analogous

#8C91E2 #B28CE2 #DD8CE2

triadic

#B28CE2 #E2B28C #8CE2B2

tetradic

#B28CE2 #E28C91 #BCE28C #8CE2DD

square

#B28CE2 #E28C91 #BCE28C #8CE2DD

split-complementary

#B28CE2 #E2DD8C #91E28C

monochromatic

#7131C3 #915BD6 #B28CE2 #D3BDEE #EFE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B28CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#B28CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CE2

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CE2	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9AAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.128 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaeeb',
    500: '#b28ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28ce2;
$custom-light: #caaeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.512,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70844,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CE2

secondary

#E6F0DA

accent

#C71E7D

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F8F4FD

border

#D1CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CE2

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

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