#B28CED#B28CED

#B28CED is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.142 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28CED
RGB	rgb(178, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(264, 73%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(264, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 33.78, -43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 55.25, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0731 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.142 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0208, 34.3354, 84.4653)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28CED #C7ED8C

analogous

#8C97ED #B28CED #E38CED

triadic

#B28CED #EDB28C #8CEDB2

tetradic

#B28CED #ED8C97 #C7ED8C #8CEDE3

square

#B28CED #ED8C97 #C7ED8C #8CEDE3

split-complementary

#B28CED #EDE38C #97ED8C

monochromatic

#6B22DC #8F57E5 #B28CED #D5C1F5 #EDE5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#B28CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#B28CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28CED

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28CED	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#739EF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9EEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79CB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.142 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbaef3',
    500: '#b28ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28ced;
$custom-light: #cbaef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.505,
    "s": 72.932,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7138,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28CED

secondary

#E8F3D8

accent

#D51088

background

#FCFAFE

surface

#F9F4FD

border

#D2CED5

text

#131017

muted

#827F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28CED

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

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