#B28ECB#B28ECB

#B28ECB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.095 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28ECB
RGB	rgb(178, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(275, 37%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(275, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 24.99, -26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 36.32, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0625 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.095 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8107, 33.1232, 60.8372)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28ECB #A7CB8E

analogous

#938ECB #B28ECB #CB8EC5

triadic

#B28ECB #CBB28E #8ECBB2

tetradic

#B28ECB #CB938E #A7CB8E #8EC5CB

square

#B28ECB #CB938E #A7CB8E #8EC5CB

split-complementary

#B28ECB #C5CB8E #8ECB93

monochromatic

#774698 #9564B8 #B28ECB #CFB8DE #EBE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B28ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#B28ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28ECB

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28ECB	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B096A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.095 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9afdb',
    500: '#b28ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28ecb;
$custom-light: #c9afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.41,
    "s": 36.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70172,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28ECB

secondary

#D9E4D1

accent

#B03668

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28ECB

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

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