#B28CE6#B28CE6

#B28CE6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.133 H 302.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CE6
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 230)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(265, 39%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 39.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 32.14, -40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 51.59, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0718 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.133 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0180, 33.9343, 79.1839)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CE6 #C0E68C

analogous

#8C93E6 #B28CE6 #DF8CE6

triadic

#B28CE6 #E6B28C #8CE6B2

tetradic

#B28CE6 #E68C93 #C0E68C #8CE6DF

square

#B28CE6 #E68C93 #C0E68C #8CE6DF

split-complementary

#B28CE6 #E6DF8C #93E68C

monochromatic

#6F2CCB #905ADB #B28CE6 #D4BEF1 #EEE6FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#B28CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#B28CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CE6

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CE6	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#769DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99BAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.133 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caaeee',
    500: '#b28ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28ce6;
$custom-light: #caaeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71036,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CE6

secondary

#E7F1DA

accent

#CC1981

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131016

muted

#827F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CE6

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

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