#B28DCD#B28DCD

#B28DCD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.100 H 310.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28DCD
RGB	rgb(178, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(275, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(275, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 25.98, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 37.99, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0645 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.1 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9025, 32.9230, 62.0511)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28DCD #A8CD8D

analogous

#928DCD #B28DCD #CD8DC8

triadic

#B28DCD #CDB28D #8DCDB2

tetradic

#B28DCD #CD928D #A8CD8D #8DC8CD

square

#B28DCD #CD928D #A8CD8D #8DC8CD

split-complementary

#B28DCD #C8CD8D #8DCD92

monochromatic

#77449B #9562BA #B28DCD #CFB8E0 #EBE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B28DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B28DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28DCD

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28DCD	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF96A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.100 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9aedc',
    500: '#b28dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28dcd;
$custom-light: #c9aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.688,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70074,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28DCD

secondary

#D9E5D1

accent

#B23369

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28DCD

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

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