#B28ECD#B28ECD

#B28ECD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 310.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B28ECD
RGB	rgb(178, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(274, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(274, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, 25.42, -27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 37.34, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.0631 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.098 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0506, 33.2192, 62.1005)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B28ECD #A9CD8E

analogous

#928ECD #B28ECD #CD8EC8

triadic

#B28ECD #CDB28E #8ECDB2

tetradic

#B28ECD #CD928E #A9CD8E #8EC8CD

square

#B28ECD #CD928E #A9CD8E #8EC8CD

split-complementary

#B28ECD #C8CD8E #8ECD92

monochromatic

#77459C #9564BA #B28ECD #CFB8E0 #ECE3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#B28ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#B28ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B28ECD

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B28ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B28ECD	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF96A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b28ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9afdc',
    500: '#b28ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b28ecd;
$custom-light: #c9afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b28ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70257,
    "c": 0.09797,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B28ECD

secondary

#DAE5D2

accent

#B2346A

background

#FCFAFD

surface

#F8F4FB

border

#D1CED4

text

#131015

muted

#827F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B28ECD

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

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