#B196CA#B196CA

#B196CA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.080 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B196CA
RGB	rgb(177, 150, 202)
HSL	hsl(271, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(271, 26%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 19.96, -23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 30.46, 310.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0492 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.08 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6965, 35.4243, 60.6120)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B196CA #AFCA96

analogous

#9796CA #B196CA #CA96C9

triadic

#B196CA #CAB196 #96CAB1

tetradic

#B196CA #CA9796 #AFCA96 #96C9CA

square

#B196CA #CA9796 #AFCA96 #96C9CA

split-complementary

#B196CA #C9CA96 #96CA97

monochromatic

#744D99 #936DB5 #B196CA #CFBFDF #EDE7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#B196CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#B196CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B196CA

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B196CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B196CA	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b196ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 150, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.080 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8b5da',
    500: '#b196ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b196ca;
$custom-light: #c8b5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b196ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 32.911,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71532,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B196CA

secondary

#DEE6D6

accent

#AC3A71

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131114

muted

#828083

Preview Lab

Preview with #B196CA

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

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