#B28CE3#B28CE3

#B28CE3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 303.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CE3
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(266, 38%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 31.45, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 50.02, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0712 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.129 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6004, 33.7673, 76.9843)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CE3 #BDE38C

analogous

#8C92E3 #B28CE3 #DE8CE3

triadic

#B28CE3 #E3B28C #8CE3B2

tetradic

#B28CE3 #E38C92 #BDE38C #8CE3DE

square

#B28CE3 #E38C92 #BDE38C #8CE3DE

split-complementary

#B28CE3 #E3DE8C #92E38C

monochromatic

#7130C5 #915BD7 #B28CE3 #D3BDEF #EFE6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#B28CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#B28CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CE3

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CE3	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#789CE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9AAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaeec',
    500: '#b28ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28ce3;
$custom-light: #caaeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.207,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70892,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CE3

secondary

#E7F0DA

accent

#C91D7E

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CE3

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

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