#B28ECC#B28ECC

#B28ECC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.097 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28ECC
RGB	rgb(178, 142, 204)
HSL	hsl(275, 38%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(275, 30%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 30.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 25.21, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 36.83, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% 0.0628 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.097 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9303, 33.1711, 61.4668)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28ECC #A8CC8E

analogous

#938ECC #B28ECC #CC8EC7

triadic

#B28ECC #CCB28E #8ECCB2

tetradic

#B28ECC #CC938E #A8CC8E #8EC7CC

square

#B28ECC #CC938E #A8CC8E #8EC7CC

split-complementary

#B28ECC #C7CC8E #8ECC93

monochromatic

#77469A #9564B9 #B28ECC #CFB8DF #EBE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B28ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#B28ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28ECC

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28ECC	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF96A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 142, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.097 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9afdb',
    500: '#b28ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28ecc;
$custom-light: #c9afdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.839,
    "s": 37.805,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70215,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28ECC

secondary

#D9E4D1

accent

#B13569

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28ECC

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

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